rosemaries
- 1Plural of rosemary. Rare; usually means rosemary plants or varieties of rosemary.
The nursery sold three distinct rosemaries, each with a slightly different scent.
Drought-tolerant rosemaries lined the terraced beds above the courtyard.
Note
A count plural for a word that usually resists one: rosemary the herb is normally uncountable, so a cook adds rosemary to a stew, never rosemaries. The plural comes into its own when the shrubs themselves are counted or compared, such as different varieties grown side by side. The spelling follows the regular pattern for nouns ending in a consonant plus -y, as in berry and berries.
rosemaries is a form of rosemary
rosemary, noun: An evergreen shrub native to Europe and Asia Minor whose fragrant, needle-like leaves are used in cooking and perfumes. Full entry
- Forms
- rosemaryrosemaries plural
- Spelling
- rosemary → rosemaries: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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