Definition of Genus Thymus

1. Noun. Large genus of Old World mints: thyme.

Exact synonyms: Thymus
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Labiatae, Family Lamiaceae, Labiatae, Lamiaceae, Mint Family
Member holonyms: Thyme

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Thymus

genus Thevetia
genus Thielavia
genus Thiobacillus
genus Thlaspi
genus Thomomys
genus Threskiornis
genus Thrinax
genus Thrips
genus Thryothorus
genus Thuja
genus Thujopsis
genus Thunbergia
genus Thunnus
genus Thylacinus
genus Thylogale
genus Thymus (current term)
genus Thyrsopteris
genus Thysanocarpus
genus Tiarella
genus Tibicen
genus Tichodroma
genus Tilapia
genus Tilia
genus Tillandsia
genus Tilletia
genus Timalia
genus Tinca
genus Tinea
genus Tineola
genus Tipuana

Literary usage of Genus Thymus

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

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"THYME, one of the species of the labiate genus Thymus, small, shrubby, perennial herbs of the Old World, cultivated on account of their aromatic foliage as ..."

2. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Sir Joseph Paxton (1837)
"... and so striking is the similarity existing between the leaves of this species and those of the plants comprised in the genus " Thymus" that in the ..."

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