Aromatic herb
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

4 letters

SAGE
Aromatic fresh or dried grey-green leaves used widely as seasoning for meats and fowl and game etc

DILL
Aromatic threadlike foliage of the dill plant used as seasoning

MINT
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"

NARD
An aromatic ointment used in antiquity

5 letters

TANSY
Common perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate leaves sometimes used medicinally

ANISE
Native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery

BASIL
Leaves of the common basil; used fresh or dried

THYME
Any of various mints of the genus Thymus

CUMIN
Aromatic seeds of the cumin herb of the carrot family

6 letters

BORAGE
An herb whose leaves are used to flavor sauces and punches; young leaves can be eaten in salads or cooked

FENNEL
Fennel seeds are ground and used as a spice or as an ingredient of a spice mixture

HYSSOP
Bitter leaves used sparingly in salads; dried flowers used in soups and tisanes

7 letters

OREGANO
Pungent leaves used as seasoning with meats and fowl and in stews and soups and omelets

8 letters

TARRAGON
Fresh leaves (or leaves preserved in vinegar) used as seasoning

BERGAMOT
Small tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in perfumery; Italy

MARJORAM
Pungent leaves used as seasoning with meats and fowl and in stews and soups and omelets

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SPEARMINT
Common garden herb having clusters of small purplish flowers and yielding an oil used as a flavoring