Satureia montana
- noun
- Specialized
:
satureja montana
- Gardeners in southern Europe often cultivate Satureia montana for both its flowers and culinary uses.
Examples
-
The chef garnished the roast with fresh Satureia montana for a hint of thyme flavor.
-
Dried Satureia montana is a common ingredient in traditional herb blends.
-
I added some Satureia montana to my pasta sauce.
-
Have you tried using Satureia montana in your cooking?
-
Dried Satureia montana is a popular spice in Mediterranean cooking because of its thyme-like flavor.
-
Gardeners in southern Europe often grow Satureia montana for its aromatic leaves and beautiful flowers.
-
I love to sprinkle fresh Satureia montana on my grilled vegetables to enhance their flavor.
Synonyms
A small evergreen herb from southern Europe with leaves that taste like thyme and that people use to season food
A small cooking herb with a peppery taste like thyme
Surface Forms
Morphology
Satureia + montana
This is a Linnaean binomial combining a genus name ('Satureia' — a herb genus) with an epithet ('montana' — ‘of the mountains’), so if a learner knows both constituents they can infer it denotes a species of Satureia associated with mountainous habitats (i.e. a particular plant). Botanical Latin names are compositionally transparent in this way across languages, so the overall meaning is predictable from the parts rather than idiomatic.
Etymology
Satureia montana may come from older words: Satureia may be linked to 'satyrs', the wild figures in old stories who were said to like strong herbs, and montana means 'from the mountains'. So the name gives a clear picture of a strong, thyme-flavored herb that grows on hills and rocky places.
