- Any of several aromatic Eurasian herbs or low shrubs of the genusThymus, especially T. vulgaris, of southern Europe, having small, white to lilac flowers grouped in headlike clusters. 百里香：亚欧大陆的百里香 属几种有香味的草木和低矮灌木，尤指生长在欧洲南部的开有成簇呈头状的白色或淡紫色小花的 普通百里香
- The leaves of this plant, used as a seasoning.这种植物的叶子，可用作调料
- Middle English 中古英语
- from Old French thym 源自 古法语 thym
- from Latin thymum 源自 拉丁语 thymum
- from Greek thumon 源自 希腊语 thumon