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thyme

  [tahym; spelling pron. thahym]
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–noun
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Thymus, of the mint family, including the common garden herb T. vulgaris, a low subshrub having narrow, aromatic leaves used for seasoning.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L thymum < Gk thýmon
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thyme   (tīm)   
n.  

  1. Any of several aromatic Eurasian herbs or low shrubs of the genus Thymus, especially T. vulgaris, of southern Europe, having small, white to lilac flowers grouped in headlike clusters.

  2. The leaves of this plant used as a seasoning.


[Middle English, from Old French thym, from Latin thymum, from Greek thumon.]
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Word Origin & History

thyme 
plant of the mint family, 1398, from O.Fr. thym, tym (13c.), from L. thymum, from Gk. thymon, possibly from thyein "burn as a sacrifice," which would indicate the plant was used as incense.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: thyme
Pronunciation: 'tIm also 'thIm
Function: noun
: any of a genus (Thymus) of mints with small pungent aromatic leaves;especially : a garden herb (T. vulgaris) used in seasoning and formerly in medicine especially as a stimulant and carminative
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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