"rosemary" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɹəʊzməɹi/ [UK], /ˈɹoʊzˌmɛəɹi/ [US] Audio: en-us-rosemary.ogg [US] Forms: rosemaries [plural]
Etymology: rose + Mary. 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 (“dew, moisture”) + marīnus (“marine, of the sea”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*mer- (sea)}}, {{compound|en|rose|Mary}} rose + Mary, {{inh|en|enm|rosmary}} Middle English rosmary, {{m|enm|rosemarye}} rosemarye, {{m|enm|rose}} rose, {{m|enm|Mary}} Mary, {{inh|en|enm|rosmarine}} Middle English rosmarine, {{m|enm|rosemaryn}} rosemaryn, {{der|en|fro|rosmarin}} Old French rosmarin, {{der|en|la|rōsmarīnus|t=rosemary}} Latin rōsmarīnus (“rosemary”), {{compound|la|rōs|marīnus|nocat=1|t1=dew, moisture|t2=marine, of the sea}} rōs (“dew, moisture”) + marīnus (“marine, of the sea”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} rosemary (usually uncountable, plural rosemaries)
  1. A shrub, Salvia rosmarinus (formerly Rosmarinus officinalis), that originates from Europe and Asia Minor and produces a fragrant herb used in cooking and perfumes. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Spices and herbs Categories (lifeform): Sages Synonyms: rosmarine [obsolete] Derived forms: bog rosemary (english: genus Andromeda), marsh rosemary (english: genus Limonium or species Rhododendron tomentosum), rosemaried, Rosemary (english: given name from flower name), rosemarylike, rosemary pine, rosmarinic acid, sea rosemary Translations (shrub): ازير (azir) [masculine] (Algerian Arabic), δενδρολίβανον (dendrolíbanon) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), ψωρανθεμίς (psōranthemís) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), إِكْلِيل الْغَار (ʔiklīl al-ḡār) [masculine] (Arabic), إِكْلِيل الْجَبَل (ʔiklīl al-jabal) [masculine] (Arabic), ضِرْم ضَيِّق الْأَوْرَاق (ḍirm ḍayyiq al-ʔawrāq) [masculine] (Arabic), حصالبان (ḥaṣalbān) [Egyptian-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), روزماري (rōzmāri) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), إكليل الجبل (ʔiklīl al-jabal) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), يزير (yəzir) [Moroccan-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), հազրեվարդ (hazrevard) (Armenian), romeru [masculine] (Asturian), erromero (Basque), розмари́н (rozmarín) [masculine] (Bulgarian), romaní [masculine] (Catalan), romer [dialectal, masculine] (Catalan), 迷迭香 (mai⁴ dit⁶ hoeng¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 迷迭香 (mídiéxiāng) (Chinese Mandarin), rozmarýn [masculine] (Czech), rozmarýna lékařská [feminine] (Czech), dracontos (Dacian), lusmarin [masculine] (Dalmatian), rosmarin [common-gender] (Danish), rozemarijn [masculine] (Dutch), rosmareno (Esperanto), harilik rosmariin (english: plant) (Estonian), rosmariin (english: seasoning) (Estonian), rosmariini (Finnish), romarin [masculine] (French), osmarìn [masculine] (Friulian), romeu [masculine] (Galician), Rosmarin [masculine] (German), δενδρολίβανο (dendrolívano) [neuter] (Greek), רוזמרין (rozmarin) [masculine] (Hebrew), गुलमेंहदी (gulamẽhadī) [feminine] (Hindi), rozmaring (Hungarian), Rosmarein [masculine] (Hunsrik), rósmarín (Icelandic), rosemary (Indonesian), marós [masculine] (Irish), rosmarino [masculine] (Italian), ramerino [masculine] (Italian), ローズマリー (rōzumarī) (Japanese), 迷迭香 (mannenrō) (alt: まんねんろう) (Japanese), alekrin (Kabuverdianu), 로즈메리 (rojeumeri) (Korean), rōsmarīnus [masculine] (Latin), rozmarīns (Latvian), rósmarin [masculine] (Lombard), üsmarin [masculine] (Lombard), Rousemaräin [masculine] (Luxembourgish), рузмарин (ruzmarin) (Macedonian), romathîn (Norman), rosmarin [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), rosmarin [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), romanin [masculine] (Occitan), رزماری (rozmâri) (Persian), اکلیل کوهی (eklil-e kuhi) (Persian), rozmaryn [masculine] (Polish), rozmaryn lekarski [masculine] (Polish), alecrim [masculine] (Portuguese), rozmarin [masculine] (Romanian), розмари́н (rozmarín) [masculine] (Russian), romasinu [masculine] (Sardinian), zippiri (Sardinian), рузмарин [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ружмарин [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ruzmarin [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ružmarin [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), rosamarina [feminine] (Sicilian), rosmarina [feminine] (Sicilian), rozmarín [masculine] (Slovak), rožmarin [masculine] (Slovene), romero [masculine] (Spanish), rosmarin [common-gender] (Swedish), romero (Tagalog), ⴰⵣⵉⵔ (azir) [masculine] (Tashelhit), โรสแมรี่ (rôht maerêe) (Thai), biberiye (Turkish), rosmarin [masculine] (Venetian), sgolmarin [masculine] (Venetian), hương thảo (Vietnamese), rômarin [masculine] (Walloon), rhos Mair [masculine] (Welsh), ראָזמאַרין (rozmarin) [masculine] (Yiddish)

Inflected forms

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          "word": "rosemarylike"
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          "roman": "ḥaṣalbān",
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            "feminine"
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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "rōzmāri",
          "sense": "shrub",
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        },
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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʔiklīl al-jabal",
          "sense": "shrub",
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            "masculine"
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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "yəzir",
          "sense": "shrub",
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            "masculine"
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        },
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          "sense": "shrub",
          "word": "հազրեվարդ"
        },
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          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "shrub",
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            "masculine"
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          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "shrub",
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "rozmarín",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "romer"
        },
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          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "mai⁴ dit⁶ hoeng¹",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "word": "迷迭香"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "mídiéxiāng",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "word": "迷迭香"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "rozmarýn"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "rozmarýna lékařská"
        },
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          "code": "xdc",
          "lang": "Dacian",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "word": "dracontos"
        },
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          "code": "dlm",
          "lang": "Dalmatian",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lusmarin"
        },
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
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          "word": "rosmarin"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rozemarijn"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "word": "rosmareno"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "english": "plant",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "word": "harilik rosmariin"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "english": "seasoning",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "word": "rosmariin"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "word": "rosmariini"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "romarin"
        },
        {
          "code": "fur",
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "osmarìn"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "romeu"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Rosmarin"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "dendrolívano",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "δενδρολίβανο"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "dendrolíbanon",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "δενδρολίβανον"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "psōranthemís",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ψωρανθεμίς"
        },
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "rozmarin",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "רוזמרין"
        },
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "gulamẽhadī",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "गुलमेंहदी"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "word": "rozmaring"
        },
        {
          "code": "hrx",
          "lang": "Hunsrik",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Rosmarein"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "word": "rósmarín"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "word": "rosemary"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "marós"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rosmarino"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ramerino"
        },
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "rōzumarī",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "word": "ローズマリー"
        },
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          "alt": "まんねんろう",
          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "mannenrō",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "word": "迷迭香"
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          "code": "kea",
          "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "word": "alekrin"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "rojeumeri",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "word": "로즈메리"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "rōsmarīnus"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "word": "rozmarīns"
        },
        {
          "code": "lmo",
          "lang": "Lombard",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rósmarin"
        },
        {
          "code": "lmo",
          "lang": "Lombard",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "üsmarin"
        },
        {
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Rousemaräin"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "ruzmarin",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "word": "рузмарин"
        },
        {
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "word": "romathîn"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rosmarin"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rosmarin"
        },
        {
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "romanin"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "rozmâri",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "word": "رزماری"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "eklil-e kuhi",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "word": "اکلیل کوهی"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rozmaryn"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rozmaryn lekarski"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "alecrim"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rozmarin"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rozmarín",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "розмари́н"
        },
        {
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "romasinu"
        },
        {
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "word": "zippiri"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "рузмарин"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ружмарин"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ruzmarin"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ružmarin"
        },
        {
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "rosamarina"
        },
        {
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "rosmarina"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rozmarín"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rožmarin"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "romero"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "rosmarin"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "word": "romero"
        },
        {
          "code": "shi",
          "lang": "Tashelhit",
          "roman": "azir",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ⴰⵣⵉⵔ"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "rôht maerêe",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "word": "โรสแมรี่"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "word": "biberiye"
        },
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          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetian",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rosmarin"
        },
        {
          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetian",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sgolmarin"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "word": "hương thảo"
        },
        {
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rômarin"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rhos Mair"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "rozmarin",
          "sense": "shrub",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ראָזמאַרין"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹəʊzməɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹoʊzˌmɛəɹi/",
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        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-rosemary.ogg",
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  ],
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}
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    {
      "english": "genus Andromeda",
      "word": "bog rosemary"
    },
    {
      "english": "genus Limonium or species Rhododendron tomentosum",
      "word": "marsh rosemary"
    },
    {
      "word": "rosemaried"
    },
    {
      "english": "given name from flower name",
      "word": "Rosemary"
    },
    {
      "word": "rosemarylike"
    },
    {
      "word": "rosemary pine"
    },
    {
      "word": "rosmarinic acid"
    },
    {
      "word": "sea rosemary"
    }
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      },
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      "name": "root"
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      "name": "m"
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      },
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      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "rosmarin"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "2": "la",
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        "t": "rosemary"
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "rōs",
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      },
      "expansion": "rōs (“dew, moisture”) + marīnus (“marine, of the sea”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Egyptian Arabic terms with redundant script codes",
        "English 3-syllable words",
        "English compound terms",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
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        "English nouns",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms derived from Old French",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
        "Hebrew terms with redundant script codes",
        "Hindi terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Tashelhit terms with redundant transliterations",
        "en:Sages",
        "en:Spices and herbs"
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        "A shrub, Salvia rosmarinus (formerly Rosmarinus officinalis), that originates from Europe and Asia Minor and produces a fragrant herb used in cooking and perfumes."
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          "shrub",
          "shrub"
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          "Salvia rosmarinus",
          "Salvia rosmarinus#Translingual"
        ],
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          "Rosmarinus officinalis",
          "Rosmarinus officinalis#Translingual"
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        [
          "Europe",
          "Europe"
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        [
          "Asia Minor",
          "Asia Minor"
        ],
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          "herb",
          "herb"
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        [
          "perfumes",
          "perfume"
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        "uncountable",
        "usually"
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      "ipa": "/ˈɹəʊzməɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹoʊzˌmɛəɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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    }
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔiklīl al-ḡār",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "إِكْلِيل الْغَار"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔiklīl al-jabal",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "إِكْلِيل الْجَبَل"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḍirm ḍayyiq al-ʔawrāq",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ضِرْم ضَيِّق الْأَوْرَاق"
    },
    {
      "code": "arq",
      "lang": "Algerian Arabic",
      "roman": "azir",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ازير"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥaṣalbān",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "حصالبان"
    },
    {
      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "rōzmāri",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "Hijazi-Arabic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "روزماري"
    },
    {
      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔiklīl al-jabal",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "Hijazi-Arabic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "إكليل الجبل"
    },
    {
      "code": "ary",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "yəzir",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "Moroccan-Arabic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "يزير"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hazrevard",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "word": "հազրեվարդ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "romeru"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "word": "erromero"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "rozmarín",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "розмари́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "romaní"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "romer"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "mai⁴ dit⁶ hoeng¹",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "word": "迷迭香"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mídiéxiāng",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "word": "迷迭香"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rozmarýn"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rozmarýna lékařská"
    },
    {
      "code": "xdc",
      "lang": "Dacian",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "word": "dracontos"
    },
    {
      "code": "dlm",
      "lang": "Dalmatian",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lusmarin"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "rosmarin"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rozemarijn"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "word": "rosmareno"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "english": "plant",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "word": "harilik rosmariin"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "english": "seasoning",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "word": "rosmariin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "word": "rosmariini"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "romarin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "osmarìn"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "romeu"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Rosmarin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "dendrolívano",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "δενδρολίβανο"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "dendrolíbanon",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "δενδρολίβανον"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "psōranthemís",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ψωρανθεμίς"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "rozmarin",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "רוזמרין"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "gulamẽhadī",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "गुलमेंहदी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "word": "rozmaring"
    },
    {
      "code": "hrx",
      "lang": "Hunsrik",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Rosmarein"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "word": "rósmarín"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "word": "rosemary"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "marós"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rosmarino"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ramerino"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rōzumarī",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "word": "ローズマリー"
    },
    {
      "alt": "まんねんろう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mannenrō",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "word": "迷迭香"
    },
    {
      "code": "kea",
      "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "word": "alekrin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "rojeumeri",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "word": "로즈메리"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rōsmarīnus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "word": "rozmarīns"
    },
    {
      "code": "lmo",
      "lang": "Lombard",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rósmarin"
    },
    {
      "code": "lmo",
      "lang": "Lombard",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "üsmarin"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Rousemaräin"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ruzmarin",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "word": "рузмарин"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "word": "romathîn"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rosmarin"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rosmarin"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "romanin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "rozmâri",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "word": "رزماری"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "eklil-e kuhi",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "word": "اکلیل کوهی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rozmaryn"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rozmaryn lekarski"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alecrim"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rozmarin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rozmarín",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "розмари́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "romasinu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "word": "zippiri"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "рузмарин"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ружмарин"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ruzmarin"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ružmarin"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rosamarina"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rosmarina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rozmarín"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rožmarin"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "romero"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "rosmarin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "word": "romero"
    },
    {
      "code": "shi",
      "lang": "Tashelhit",
      "roman": "azir",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ⴰⵣⵉⵔ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "rôht maerêe",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "word": "โรสแมรี่"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "word": "biberiye"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rosmarin"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sgolmarin"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "word": "hương thảo"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rômarin"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rhos Mair"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "rozmarin",
      "sense": "shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ראָזמאַרין"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rosemary"
}

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