savories

Noun

• Small, piquant appetizers or dishes served before or after a meal.
• any of several aromatic herbs or subshrubs of the genus Satureja having spikes of flowers attractive to bees
• dwarf aromatic shrub of Mediterranean regions
• either of two aromatic herbs of the mint family
• an aromatic or spicy dish served at the end of dinner or as an hors d'oeuvre
• plural of savory

Examples

• The Scrabble board was filled with little savories—short, high-value words waiting to be played.

Synonyms

Micromeria juliana, savory, savoury