Definition of "savine"

In Asia Minor, Mount Taurus is covered with forests of cypress, juniper, and savines.

1837, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (UK), Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Volumes 9-10, page 356

Believing that she was pregnant, he gave oil of savine, a deleterious drug, intending to bring on abortion, and an inflammation of the womb was produced, and she died.

1837, Charles A. Lee, Report of a Trial for Murder, by the Administration of Oil of Savine, for the purpose of procuring Abortion: The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, volume 21, page 355

Savine was considered an abortifacient, though why it was thought a threat to a small girl is unclear.

1996, Suzanne W. Hull, Women According to Men: The World of Tudor-Stuart Women‎, page 126