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.
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Rosmarinus officinalis
n : widely cultivated for its fragrant gray-green leaves used in
cooking and in perfumery [syn: rosemary]