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noun, plural rose·mar·ies.
an evergreen shrub, Rosmarinus officinalis, of the mint family, native to the Mediterranean region, having leathery, narrow leaves and pale-blue, bell-shaped flowers, used as a seasoning and in perfumery and medicine: a traditional symbol of remembrance.
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1400–50; late Middle English rose mary (by folk etymology, influenced by rose1 and the name Mary) < Latin rōs dew + marīnus marine, or rōs maris dew of the sea (in E the final -s mistaken for plural sign)
1400–50; late Middle English rose mary (by folk etymology, influenced by rose1 and the name Mary) < Latin rōs dew + marīnus marine, or rōs maris dew of the sea (in E the final -s mistaken for plural sign)
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a female given name.
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rosemary
c.1440, earlier rosmarine (c.1300), from L. rosmarinus, lit. "dew of the sea" (cf. Fr. romarin), from ros "dew" + marinus (see marine). Perhaps so called because it grew near coasts. Form altered in Eng. by influence of rose and Mary. L. ros is from PIE *ras-/*eras- "to
EXPAND flow, wet, moisten" (cf. Lith. rasa, O.C.S. rosa "dew," Skt. rasah "sap, juice, fluid, essence," Hitt. arszi "flows," and perhaps also Rha, Scythian name of the River Volga (see rhubarb)).
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