thyme definition - Dictionary

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noun

Definition:

aromatic bush: a small low-growing bush with small aromatic leaves. Use: cooking, source of thymol. Genus Thymus.

[15th century. Via Old French thym< Greek thumon< thuein "burn, sacrifice"; from its use as incense]

thym·y adjective

Spelling Note


	thyme or time? Do not confuse the spelling of thyme and time, which sound similar. Thyme is a bush whose leaves are used in cooking. Time is a dimension, or the minute or hour as indicated by a clock, and can also be used as a verb: space and time, asked the time, timed at one hour two minutes.