thyme
/taɪm/noun
mass noun
1- a low-growing aromatic plant of the mint family. The small leaves are used as a culinary herb and the plant yields a medicinal oil.百里香。
1.1
- Genus Thymus, family Labiatae: many species, in particular common (or garden) thyme (T. vulgaris).百里香属, 唇形科：多种, 尤指普通（或花园）百里香（拉丁名T. vulgaris）。
派生词
thymy
adjective词源
Middle English: from Old French thym, via Latin from Greek thumon, from thuein 'burn， sacrifice'.