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Definition of: savin
(sav′in) noun
1. A bushy shrub or small tree (Juniperus sabina) of the cypress family.
2. The young shoots of this plant, yielding an acrid volatile oil used in medicine.
3. The red cedar (Juniperus virginiana). Also called sabine. [OE safine <OF savine <L (herba) Sabina the Sabine (herb), fem. of Sabinus]
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