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creeping thyme

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.95 in modern English

Syllables
creep-ing thyme
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A species of thyme native to Europe and northern Africa, Thymus praecox, grown as a fragrant groundcover due to its tendency to branch and grow horizontally.

Uncountable

noun

Wild thyme, Thymus serpyllum, which has a similar habit.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

creeping thymes (plural) creeping-thyme (alternative)

Synonyms

wild thyme thymus serpyllum

Questions

What does creeping thyme mean?
A species of thyme native to Europe and northern Africa, Thymus praecox, grown as a fragrant groundcover due to its tendency to branch and grow horizontally.

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