thyme


Definition: Meaning of, thyme in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / tʌɪm /

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  1. a plant used for giving food a special taste
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thyme used in phrases

  • basil thyme (noun)
    1. fragrant European mint having clusters of small violet-and-white flowers; naturalized especially in eastern North America
  • cat thyme (noun)
    1. mediterranean germander having small hairy leaves and reddish purple flowers; attractive to cats
  • common thyme (noun)
    1. common aromatic garden perennial native to the western Mediterranean; used in seasonings and formerly as medicine
  • creeping thyme (noun)
    1. aromatic dwarf shrub common on banks and hillsides in Europe; naturalized in United States
  • mother of thyme (noun)
    1. fragrant European mint having clusters of small violet-and-white flowers; naturalized especially in eastern North America
  • thyme camphor (noun)
    1. a colourless crystalline solid used in perfume or preserving biological specimens or in embalming or medically as a fungicide or antiseptic
  • thyme-leaved sandwort (noun)
    1. eurasian annual sprawling plant naturalized throughout North America
  • thyme-leaved speedwell (noun)
    1. perennial decumbent herb having small opposite leaves and racemes of blue flowers; throughout Eurasia and the New World
  • wild thyme (noun)
    1. aromatic dwarf shrub common on banks and hillsides in Europe; naturalized in United States
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Pronunciation: rɪˈvəːs dɪˌskrɪmɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n
Parts of Speech: noun
the practice of giving unfair treatment to a group of people who usually have advantages, in order to be fair to the group of people who were unfairly treated in the past [↪  positive discrimination]