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