Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various usually aromatic plants of the genus Teucrium of the mint family, having purplish or reddish flowers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
wood germander . - noun A common name for labiate plants of the genus Teucrium, but especially for T. Chamædrys, having purple flowers, common in England.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A plant of the genus Teucrium (esp.
Teucrium Chamædrys or wall germander), mintlike herbs and low shrubs. - noun
Teucrium Canadense . - noun
Veronica agrestis . - noun
Teucrium Scordium . - noun
Teucrium Scorodonia .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
mint plant of the genus Teucrium with small, pink, white, or pale purpleflowers and a small upper lip.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of various plants of the genus Teucrium
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Blue veronica was the next identified, sometimes called germander speedwell, sometimes bird's-eye, whose leaves are so plain and petals so blue.
The Open Air Richard Jefferies 1867
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Now before you say, isn't teucrium that shrubby little green plant known as germander that people use as a low hedge - that would be T. chamaedrys - T. fruticans 'Azureum' is its taller, showier cousin.
SFGate: Top News Stories Erle Nickel 2010
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Now before you say, isn't teucrium that shrubby little green plant known as germander that people use as a low hedge - that would be T. chamaedrys - T. fruticans 'Azureum' is its taller, showier cousin.
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On the contrary an effort ensued by the germander police unit Darak to begin what appears to have been a well planned attack.
Daoud Kuttab: The day the Jordanian security lost its professionalism, its neutrality and its credibility Daoud Kuttab 2011
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On the contrary an effort ensued by the germander police unit Darak to begin what appears to have been a well planned attack.
Daoud Kuttab: The day the Jordanian security lost its professionalism, its neutrality and its credibility Daoud Kuttab 2011
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Bright green plants grew in profusion—rosemary and lavender, myrtle and germander, too.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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Bright green plants grew in profusion—rosemary and lavender, myrtle and germander, too.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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Bright green plants grew in profusion—rosemary and lavender, myrtle and germander, too.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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However, creeping germander and creeping thyme can take both the heat and aridity of summer and our cold winters.
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Bright green plants grew in profusion—rosemary and lavender, myrtle and germander, too.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
chained_bear commented on the word germander
usage on confectio Damocritis
October 16, 2008