savory

Savory, a.

Etymology: [From Savor.]

Pleasing to the organs of taste or smell. [Written also savoury.] The chewing flocks Had ta'en their supper on the savory herb. Milton.

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Savory, n.

(Bot.)

An aromatic labiate plant (Satireia hortensis), much used in cooking; -- also called summer savory. [Written also savoury.]

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for savory; he lists it under delicious.

Where he writes about it:

Savory is applied chiefly to cooked food made palatable by spices and condiments. — from delicious