germander

Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɚˈmændɚ/

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun any of various plants of the genus Teucrium

Etymology

Late Middle English, from French germandrée, itself from Latin chamaedrys, from Ancient Greek χαμαίδρῡς (khamaídrūs, literally “ground-oak”).

In classic literature

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
subshrub
Narrower (hyponyms)
wood sage, american germander, cat thyme, wall germander

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