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Definition of Thymes

1. thyme [n] - See also: thyme

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thymes

Literary usage of Thymes

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

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"thymes are erect or prostrate plants with strong mint- like odor. ... All thymes are easily propagated by means of division, although seedlings may ..."

2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"thymes are erect or prostrate plants with strong mint-like odor. Most of the species are grown as ... All thymes are easily propagated by means of division, ..."

3. Transactions of the Huguenot Society of South Carolina by Huguenot Society of South Carolina (1918)
"... Egan McDonald to William thymes, by deed dated 10th March 1809 and recorded at page 76 of Book S 8 in said Mesne Conveyance Office—and by William thymes ..."

4. The Vegetable World: Being a History of Plants, with Their Botanical by Louis Figuier (1869)
"thymes; corolla two-lipped; stamens four, ... in true thymes stamens straight, diverging; in Melissa, stamens more or lew I*M '. converging. TRIBE IV. ..."

5. My Garden by Louise Beebe Wilder (1916)
"For the most part thymes are low-growing, bushy little plants with deliciously scented small foliage. The Woolly-leaved Thyme (T. lanuginosus) spreads a ..."

6. My Garden by Louise Beebe Wilder (1916)
"For the most part thymes are low-growing, bushy little plants with deliciously scented small foliage. The Woolly-leaved Thyme (T. lanuginosus) spreads a ..."

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