Rosemary is a spiky, piney herb roasted with lamb and potatoes. A sprig of rosemary, rosemary and thyme, rosemary bush.
It is woody, so it goes in at the start of cooking and takes heat well. It has stood for remembrance since antiquity and is worn on Anzac Day for that reason. The name has nothing to do with roses or with Mary: the Latin ros marinus means dew of the sea.
1nounrosemaryA spiky piney herb used in cooking.
“Roast the lamb with garlic and a few sprigs of rosemary.”
rosemary is a herb.
Latin ros marinus means dew of the sea. The English form was reshaped towards rose and Mary by folk etymology.
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁ers-
Middle English
rosmary
English, today
rosemary
From Middle English rosmary, rosemarye, alteration (based on rose + Mary) of earlier Middle English rosmarine, rosemaryn, partly from Old French rosmarin, partly directly from Latin rōsmarīnus (“rosemary”), from rōs + marīnus. Displaced native Old English boþen.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
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