Definition of Teucrium

1. Noun. Large widely distributed genus of perennial herbs or shrubs or subshrubs; native to Mediterranean region to western Asia.

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Teucrium

Tetraneuris grandiflora
Tetranychidae
Tetrao
Tetrao urogallus
Tetraodontidae
Tetraonidae
Tetrapturus
Tetratrichomonas
Tetris
Tetris effect
Tetrises
Tetrislike
Tettigoniidae
Tetum
Teucrian
Teucrium
Teucrium canadense
Teucrium chamaedrys
Teucrium marum
Teucrium scorodonia
Teutleben
Teutleben's ligament
Teutoburger Wald
Teutomania
Teuton
Teutonic
Teutonic Knights
Teutonic deity
Teutonicism
Teutonicisms

Literary usage of Teucrium

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

1. The Gardeners Dictionaryby Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"RH Low annual Portugal Germander, with jagged Leaves. 7. teucrium ... teucrium Creticum edora- turn, flore purpureo. UR Par. Sweet Germander of Crete, ..."

2. Physiological Materia Medica by William H. Burt (1883)
"Catarrhal Inflammation; teucrium selects the mucous membrane of the lower bo wife as its special center of action. It also affects that of the aoae ..."

3. Physiological materia medica, containing all that is known of the by William H. Burt (1896)
"Through the cerebro-spinal system, teucrium has one special center of action: I. Mucous MEMBRANES. ... teucrium selects the mucous membrane of the ..."

4. A Class-book of Botany: Designed for Colleges, Academies, and Other by Alphonso Wood (1854)
"Flower of Physostegia Virginica seen from beneath. 12 One of ita stamens. 13. The ov*n«s with the rudimentary filament. 14. Flower of teucrium ..."

5. Leaders in Homœopathic Therapeutics by Eugene Beauharnais Nash (1901)
"MARUM VERUM teucrium. I have found this remedy one of the best for ascarides. ... And it is notable that teucrium is one of the best remedies for polypus of ..."

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