Crossword clues for germander
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Germander \Ger*man"der\, n. [OE. germaunder, F. germandr['e]e, It. calamandrea, L. chamaedrys, fr. Gr.?; ? on the earth or ground + ? tree. See Humble, and Tree.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Teucrium (esp. Teucrium Cham[ae]drys or wall germander), mintlike herbs and low shrubs.
American germander, Teucrium Canadense.
Germander chickweed, Veronica agrestis.
Water germander, Teucrium Scordium.
Wood germander, Teucrium Scorodonia.
Wiktionary
n. Any plant of the genus (taxlink Teucrium genus noshow=1), some with small, pink, white, or pale purple flowers and a small upper lip.
WordNet
n. any of various plants of the genus Teucrium
Usage examples of "germander".
Reise brewed for his inn was bound with germander from the woodlands of the borough, not hops imported from Sandrakkan.
And can the magician a fortune divine Without lily, germander, and sops in wine?
With hither and thither, as straight as a line, With lily, germander, and sops in wine.
Duke, a Duke who wears green, In lands where the sun and the moon do not shine, With lily, germander, and sops in wine.
Aubrey did live there lived no poor, The lord and the beggar on roots did dine With lily, germander, and sops in wine.
And Life is a nymph who will never be thine, With lily, germander, and sops in wine.
She paused, wishing she had a mug of the sharp, dark germander ale that her father had brewed in his inn.
The ale was good beyond question, but maybe it was too good for a boy raised on dark germander bitters brewed in a peasant community where hops were an expensive import.
Hamlet--though here it was brewed with hops instead of the dark germander bitters of home.
They exclaimed over the abundance of wildflowers to be seen, especially masses of red campion and banks of Germander speedwell.
The wound was nearly healed, but another application of his germander poultice would not be amiss.
The Water Germander (Teucrium Scordium) is a creeping plant growing in marshy places in various parts of Europe, but very rare in Great Britain except in the Isle of Ely.