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💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Thyme"

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Word	Definition
herbnoun	(countable) Any green, leafy plant, or parts thereof, used to flavour or season food.
mother-of-thymenoun	Thymus praecox, a variety of thyme.
english thymenoun	A common species of thyme grown for its use in cooking, Thymus vulgaris, especially a cultivated type with rounder, flatter and smoother leaves.
wild thymenoun	A flowering plant in the mint family, of species Thymus serpyllum.
creeping thymenoun	Wild thyme, Thymus serpyllum, which has a similar habit.
lemon thymenoun	A species of thyme with gold-variegated leaves and a lemon-like scent, Thymus citriodorus or Thymus × citriodorus (there's disagreement as to whether this is a hybrid).
french thymenoun	A variety of English thyme with leaves that curl under along the sides and that have woolly hairs on the undersides, and which is often considered one of the best thymes for cooking.
sparrowwortnoun	Any plant in the genus Passerina.
meadowruenoun	A plant (any plant of genus Thalictrum), also known as thalictrum
pellamountainnoun	wild thyme (Thymus serpyllum)
cat thymenoun	A low-growing herb, Teucrium marum, related to germander, which has a pungent scent that causes sneezing, but is attractive to cats.
thalictrumnoun	Any plant of the genus Thalictrum; meadowrue.
potherbnoun	Any plant whose leaves, stems or flowers may be used as a culinary herb.
tarragonnoun	The leaves of this plant (either fresh, or preserved in a vinegar/oil mixture) used as a seasoning.
basil thymenoun	An aromatic herb, Clinopodium acinos (syn. Acinos arvensis)
teucriumnoun	(botany) Any of the genus Teucrium of lamiaceous plants; a germander.
brotherwortnoun	pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium)
treacle mustardnoun	Any of several species of the cruciferous genus Erysimum, especially Erysimum cheiranthoides, which was formerly used as an ingredient in Venice treacle, or theriac.
mixed herbsnoun	(idiomatic) A common mix of different dried herbs for general culinary use, containing some or all of basil, sage, rosemary, marjoram, oregano, thyme, and parsley.
spanish oreganonoun	A mediterranean herb similar to thyme, Thymbra capitata, which smells and tastes like oregano and which is an important source for oil of oregano.