Savory

Adjective
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 * 1) Tasty, attractive to the palate.
 * The fine restaurant presented an array of savory dishes; each was delicious.
 * 1) Salty or Non-Sweet
 * the mushrooms, meat, bread, rice, peanuts and potatoes were all good savory foods.
 * 1) Not overly sweet.
 * Savory duck contrasted well with the sweet sauce.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:delicious

Noun

 * 1) Any of several Mediterranean herbs, of the genus Satureja, grown as culinary flavourings
 * 2) The leaves of these plants used as a flavouring
 * 3) A savory snack

Derived terms

 * summer savory
 * winter savory

Thesaurus
agreeable, ambrosia, ambrosial, appetizer, appetizing, aromatic, balmy, bonne bouche, cate, choice morsel, comestible, creditable, dainty, decent, decorous, delectable, delicacy, delicate, delicious, delightful, dessert, eatable, edible, esculent, essenced, exquisite, flavored, flavorful, flavorous, flavorsome, flavory, flowery, fragrant, fruity, good, good to eat, good-tasting, goody, gustable, gusty, honest, honorable, incense-breathing, innocent, juicy, kickshaw, kosher, likable, luscious, lush, manna, morsel, musky, nectar, nectareous, nectarous, nice, odorate, odoriferous, odorous, of gourmet quality, palatable, perfumed, perfumy, pleasing, proper, redolent, relishing, reputable, respectable, sapid, saporific, saporous, savorous, scented, scrumptious, seemly, spicy, starter, succulent, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, tasteful, tasty, tempting, thuriferous, tidbit, titbit, toothsome, treat, upright, warner, wholesome, yummy

Alternative forms

 * savoury

Etymology
From the savoure < savourer <  saporare < sapor.

Adjective

 * Estonian: maitsev
 * Finnish:, ruokahalua herättävä
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 * Slovene: okusen
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 * Arabic: مالح
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Noun

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 * Japanese: キダチハッカ (kidachihakka), セイボリー (seiborī)
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