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the herb that smells like memory and was buried with the dead to never forget
means A fragrant evergreen herb with needle-like leaves, used in cooking and long associated with remembrance.
from From Latin ros marinus, "dew of the sea" — ros (dew) plus marinus (of the sea), for the plant that grew on Mediterranean coastal cliffs. English speakers reshaped the unfamiliar Latin into the familiar names "Rose" and "Mary," so the herb came to look like a flower wedded to the Virgin, though botanically it is neither rose nor Mary's.
- name origin
- Latin for dew of the sea, not rose
- memory link
- studies show its scent boosts recall measurably
- funeral herb
- thrown into graves as symbol of remembrance
- evergreen
- a woody shrub, technically related to mint
- plague defense
- carried in posies to ward off disease
for instance
rosemary kennedy — jfk's sister, lobotomized in 1941, lived until 2005
rosemary's baby — roman polanski film, 1968, about a woman carrying the devil's child