Thyme
[taɪm]
Definition
(noun.) leaves can be used as seasoning for almost any meat and stews and stuffings and vegetables.
(noun.) any of various mints of the genus Thymus.
Typed by Connie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Any plant of the labiate genus Thymus. The garden thyme (Thymus vulgaris) is a warm, pungent aromatic, much used to give a relish to seasoning and soups.
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Definition
n. a genus of humble half-shrubby plants of the natural order Labiat the common garden-thyme cultivated for its fragrance wild-thyme &c.—n. Thy′mol an antiseptic phenol obtained from oil of thyme by distillation.—adj. Thy′my.
Editor: Omar
Examples
- It was the place at which, four hours earlier, his mother had sat down exhausted on the knoll covered with shepherd's-thyme. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- She leant back to obtain more thorough rest, and the soft eastern portion of the sky was as great a relief to her eyes as the thyme was to her head. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Truly, I see naught but wild thyme and yellow comb. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Here, at this bed of thyme, he began to speak of what she must not think of now. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
Edited by Alexander