germander

English

germander - -
type species of Teucrium

Etymology

Late Middle English, from French germandrée, itself from Medieval Latin chamaedrys.

Noun

germander (plural germanders)

Teucrium chamaedrys

1. A Mediterranean herb, Teucrium chamaedrys, historically grown for medicinal use but now mostly as an ornamental miniature hedge in herb gardens.
2. Any plant of the genus Teucrium, some with small, pink, white, or pale purple flowers and a small upper lip.

Derived terms

• American germander ()
• Canada germander ()
• felty germander ()
• germander chickweed ()
• germander sage (, )
• germander speedwell ()
• poley germander ()
• tree germander ()
• wall germander ()
• water germander ()
• wood germander ()
• woodland germander ()

Translations

mint plant of genus Teucrium

• Albanian: arrës (sq) m
• Arabic: جَعْدَة f (jaʕda)
• Armenian: լերդախոտ (hy) (lerdaxot), կենարար (hy) (kenarar)
• Bulgarian: подъбиче n (podǎbiče)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 石蠶／石蚕 (zh), 石蚕 (zh) (shícán)

• Czech: ožanka (cs) f
• French: germandrée (fr) f
• German: Gamander m
• Greek:

  Ancient: χαμαίδρυς (khamaídrus), χαμέτρυς (khamétrus) (wall germander)

• Hebrew: געדה f (gaʼda), גַּעֲדָה f (gaʿăda)
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• Italian: camedrio m
• Japanese: 苦草 (ニガルサ, nigarusa)
• Kazakh: еменшөп (emenşöp)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: qesel (ku) f

• Latin: chamaedrys (wall germander), dùpčac (sh) m, podubica f (Serbia, Bosnia), dúbac (sh) m (regional, dated)
• Persian: جعده (gaʼda)
• Polish: ożanka f
• Russian: дубро́вник (ru) (dubróvnik)
• Serbo-Croatian: дуба̀час m, ду̀пчац m, подубица f (Serbia, Bosnia), ду́бац m (regional, dated)

  Latin: dubàčac (sh) m

• Slovak: ožanka f

Further reading

• Teucrium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Teucrium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• germander on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• germander at USDA Plants database