Thyme

tīm, n. a genus of humble half-shrubby plants of the natural order Labiatæ , the common garden-thyme, cultivated for its fragrance, wild-thyme, .— n. Thy′mol , an antiseptic phenol, obtained from oil of thyme by distillation.— adj. Thy′my . [Fr.,—L. L. thymum —Gr. thyein , to fill with sweet smells, to burn in sacrifice.]