Definition of American germander

1. Noun. Subshrub with serrate leaves and cream-colored to pink or purple flowers in spikelike racemes; North America.

Exact synonyms: Teucrium Canadense, Wood Sage
Generic synonyms: Germander

Lexicographical Neighbors of American Germander

American elder
American elk
American elm
American featherfoil
American feverfew
American flag
American flagfish
American fly honeysuckle
American flying squirrel
American football
American football game
American foxhound
American frogbit
American gallinule
American gentian
American germander
American ginseng
American golden plover
American golden plovers
American gray birch
American green toad
American hackberry
American harvest mouse
American hazel
American hellebore
American holly
American hop
American hornbeam
American hornbeams
American ivy

Literary usage of American germander

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of the Medical Botany of North America by Laurence Johnson (1884)
"american germander, Wood-Sage. Description.—Calyx oblique, unequally 5-toothed. Corolla with the 4 upper lobes nearly equal, oblong, turned forward ..."

2. The Chicago Medical Journal and Examiner (1884)
"T. Canadense (american germander). Medical properties: Stimulant, tonic, aromatic, bitter, antirheumatic. Genus Mentha (Mint). ..."

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