thyme : Idioms & Phrases

• noun fragrant European mint having clusters of small violet-and-white flowers; naturalized especially in eastern North America
  basil thyme; Satureja acinos; Acinos arvensis; basil balm.
  

WordNet

• a name given to the fragrant herbs Calamintha Acinos and C. Nepeta.

Webster 1913

• noun Mediterranean germander having small hairy leaves and reddish purple flowers; attractive to cats
  marum; Teucrium marum.
  

WordNet

• a labiate plant (Teucrium Marum) of the Mediterranean religion. Cats are said to be fond of rolling on it. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).

Webster 1913

• noun common aromatic garden perennial native to the western Mediterranean; used in seasonings and formerly as medicine
  Thymus vulgaris.
  

WordNet

• noun aromatic dwarf shrub common on banks and hillsides in Europe; naturalized in United States
  creeping thyme; Thymus serpyllum.
  

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• noun fragrant European mint having clusters of small violet-and-white flowers; naturalized especially in eastern North America
  basil thyme; Satureja acinos; Acinos arvensis; basil balm.
  

WordNet

Moth"er-of-thyme` noun

Definitions

1. (Bot.) An aromatic plant (Thymus Serphyllum); -- called also wild thyme.

Webster 1913

• noun a colorless crystalline solid used in perfume or preserving biological specimens or in embalming or medically as a fungicide or antiseptic
  thymol; thymic acid.
  

WordNet

• noun Eurasian annual sprawling plant naturalized throughout North America
  Arenaria serpyllifolia.
  

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• noun perennial decumbent herb having small opposite leaves and racemes of blue flowers; throughout Eurasia and the New World
  Veronica serpyllifolia.
  

WordNet

Wa"ter thyme`

Definitions

1. (Bot.) See Anacharis.

Webster 1913

• noun aromatic dwarf shrub common on banks and hillsides in Europe; naturalized in United States
  creeping thyme; Thymus serpyllum.
  

WordNet

• Thymus Serpyllum, common on banks and hillsides in Europe.

Webster 1913