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Thymus vulgaris (common thyme, German thyme, [1] garden thyme[2] or just thyme) is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae, native to southern Europe from the western Mediterranean to southern Italy. Growing to 15–30 cm (6–12 in) tall by 40 cm (16 in) wide, it is a bushy, woody-based evergreen subshrub with small, highly ...
Thyme (/ taɪm /) is a culinary herb consisting of the dried aerial parts of some members of the genus Thymus of flowering plants in the mint family Lamiaceae. Thymes are native to Eurasia and north Africa. Thymes have culinary, medicinal, and ornamental uses. The species most commonly cultivated and used for culinary purposes is Thymus ...
Mastichina Mill. Serpyllum Mill. The genus Thymus (/ ˈtaɪməs / TY-məs; [3] thymes) contains about 350 [4] species of aromatic perennial herbaceous plants and subshrubs up to 40 cm tall in the family Lamiaceae, native to temperate regions in Europe, North Africa and Asia. Thymus species are particularly concentrated in Iran, attributed to ...
Thymus × beltraniae Socorro, Espinar & Arrebola. Thymus × benitorum Mateo, Mercadal & Pisco. Thymus × bermius Ronniger. Thymus bihoriensis Jalas. Thymus bivalens (Mayol, L.Sáez & Rosselló) Camarda. Thymus bleicherianus Pomel. Thymus boissieri Halácsy. Thymus bornmuelleri Velen. Thymus borysthenicus Klokov & Des.-Shost.
The thymus (pl.: thymuses or thymi) is a specialized primary lymphoid organ of the immune system. Within the thymus, thymus cell lymphocytes or T cells mature. T cells are critical to the adaptive immune system, where the body adapts to specific foreign invaders. The thymus is located in the upper front part of the chest, in the anterior ...
Oregano is a woody perennial plant, growing 20–80 cm (8–31 in) tall, with opposite leaves 1–4 cm (– in) long. The flowers which can be white, pink or light purple, are 3–4 mm (– in) long, and produced in erect spikes in summer. It is sometimes called wild marjoram, while its close relative O. majorana is known as sweet marjoram.
Thymus citriodorus. (Pers.) Schreb. Thymus citriodorus, the lemon thyme or citrus thyme, is a lemon-scented evergreen mat-forming perennial plant in the family Lamiaceae. There has been a great amount of confusion over the plant's correct name and origin. Recent DNA analysis suggests that it is not a hybrid or cross, but a distinct species as ...
Thymus serpyllum, known by the common names of Breckland thyme, [3] Breckland wild thyme, wild thyme, creeping thyme, or elfin thyme, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae, native to most of Europe and North Africa. It is a low, usually prostrate subshrub growing to 2 cm (1 in) tall with creeping stems up to 10 cm (4 in ...