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thyme
/taɪm/
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What does thyme mean?
noun
- Any plant of the labiate genus Thymus, such as garden thyme (Thymus vulgaris), a warm, pungent aromatic, that is much used to give a relish to seasoning and soups.
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Yonder, where the wheat can climb no higher up the slope, are the purple heath-bells, thyme and flitting stone-chats.
How can a gardener become thrifty?--By making the most of his thyme, and by always putting some celery in the bank.
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The glow-worms, motionless on their twigs of thyme, light their lamps of an evening, in the cool of the beautiful summer nights.
A sprig of thyme, planted in the centre, will furnish supports for the structure, together with the trellis-work of the top and sides.
Cook this in a covered stewpan and pass it through a sieve, but see that none of the bay leaf or thyme goes through.