germander

English

Etymology

Late Middle English, from French germandrée, itself from Latin chamaedrys, from Ancient Greek χαμαίδρῡς (khamaídrūs, literally “ground-oak”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɚˈmændɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˈmændə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ændə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: ger‧man‧der

Noun

germander (plural germanders)

1. A Mediterranean herb, of species 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 (Teucrium canadense)
• Canada germander (Teucrium canadense)
• felty germander (Teucrium polium)
• germander chickweed (Veronica agrestis)
• germander sage (Teucrium scordium, Salvia chamaedryoides)
• germander speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys)
• poley germander (Teucrium polium)
• tree germander (Teucrium fruticans)
• wall germander (Teucrium chamaedrys)
• water germander (Teucrium scordium)
• wood germander (Teucrium scorodonia)
• woodland germander (Teucrium scorodonia)

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) (shícán) Czech: ožanka (cs) f Dutch: gamander (nl) m Finnish: teurikka (fi) French: germandrée (fr) f German: Gamander (de) m Greek: Ancient: χαμαίδρυς (khamaídrus), χαμέτρυς (khamétrus) (wall germander) Hebrew: גַּעֲדָה f (gaʿăda) Italian: camedrio m Japanese: 苦草 (ニガルサ, nigarusa) Kazakh: еменшөп (emenşöp) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: qesel (ku) f Latin: chamaedrys (wall germander) Persian: جعده (ga'da) Polish: ożanka f Russian: дубро́вник (ru) m (dubróvnik) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: дуба̀час m, ду̀пчац m, подубица f (Serbia, Bosnia), ду́бац m (regional, dated) Latin: dubàčac (sh) m, dùpčac (sh) m, podubica f (Serbia, Bosnia), dúbac (sh) m (regional, dated) Slovak: ožanka f Swedish: gamander c

Further reading

• “germander”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Teucrium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Teucrium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Teucrium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• germander at USDA Plants database