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Definition of "germander" [ger•man•der]

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

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "germander" in a sentence
  • "Blue veronica was the next identified, sometimes called germander speedwell, sometimes bird's-eye, whose leaves are so plain and petals so blue."
  • "Now before you say, isn't teucrium that shrubby little green plant known as germander that people use as a low hedge - that would be T. chamaedrys - T. fruticans 'Azureum' is its taller, showier cousin."
  • "On the contrary an effort ensued by the germander police unit Darak to begin what appears to have been a well planned attack."
Words like "germander"
American germander
cat thyme marum
teucrium chamaedrys
teucrium marum
teucrium scorodonia
wall germander
wood sage