germander

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This germander is, like T. chamaedrys, deer resistant and able to thrive in tough soils, making it that more valuable a selection.

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  1. noun Any of various usually aromatic plants of the genus Teucrium, with purplish or reddish flowers.

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  • But perhaps he may see with somewhat unclean eyes, like this learned botanist who asserts that the germander is of DIRTY yellow color. —  The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters
  • But perhaps he sees with eyes a bit dirty, like that learned botanist who pretends that the germander is of a DIRTY yellow. —  The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters
  • This germander is, like T. chamaedrys, deer resistant and able to thrive in tough soils, making it that more valuable a selection. —  SFGate: Top News Stories
  • But perhaps he may see with somewhat unclean eyes, like this learned botanist who asserts that the germander is of —  The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters
  • Her voice became audible as he drew closer. —  Critical Condition
 

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  1. Middle English germandre, from Old French germandree, alteration of Medieval Latin germandrea, from Late Greek khamandrua, from Greek khamaidrūs : khamai, on the ground; see dhghem- in Indo-European roots + drūs, oak; see deru- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English germawnder, from Old French germandree, French germandrée = Provencal germandrea (Middle Latin germandra, German germander) = Spanish camedris, camedrio = Italian calamandrea, calamandrina, germander; various corruptions of Latin chamædrys, wall-germander, from Greek χαμαίδρυς later also χαμαίδρυον, germander, from χαμαί, on the ground, + δρν=ς, a tree, especially the oak. Cf. chameleon, camomile.
 

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