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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Rose·ma·ry n.  A labiate shrub (Rosmarinus officinalis) with narrow grayish leaves, growing native in the southern part of France, Spain, and Italy, also in Asia Minor and in China. It has a fragrant smell, and a warm, pungent, bitterish taste. It is used in cookery, perfumery, etc., and is an emblem of fidelity or constancy.
    There's rosemary, that's for remembrance.   --Shak.
 Marsh rosemary. (a) A little shrub Andromeda polifolia growing in cold swamps and having leaves like those of the rosemary. (b) See under Marsh.
 Rosemary pine, the loblolly pine. See under Loblolly.