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germander

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /d͡ʒɚˈmændɚ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəˈmændə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ændə(ɹ)

1

noun

Meaning 1

A Mediterranean herb, of species Teucrium chamaedrys, historically grown for medicinal use but now mostly as an ornamental miniature hedge in herb gardens.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any plant of the genus Teucrium, some with small, pink, white, or pale purple flowers and a small upper lip.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

any of various plants of the genus Teucrium

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: subshrub, suffrutex

Narrower terms: American germander, wood sage, Teucrium canadense, wall germander, Teucrium chamaedrys, cat thyme, marum, Teucrium marum, Teucrium scorodonia

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: arrës — mint plant of genus Teucrium
  • Arabic: جَعْدَة (jaʕda) — mint plant of genus Teucrium
  • Armenian: լերդախոտ (lerdaxot) — mint plant of genus Teucrium
  • Armenian: կենարար (kenarar) — mint plant of genus Teucrium
  • Bulgarian: подъбиче (podǎbiče) — mint plant of genus Teucrium
  • Chinese Mandarin: 石蠶 /石蚕 (shícán) — mint plant of genus Teucrium
  • Czech: ožanka — mint plant of genus Teucrium
  • Dutch: gamander — mint plant of genus Teucrium
  • Finnish: teurikka — mint plant of genus Teucrium
  • French: germandrée — mint plant of genus Teucrium
  • German: Gamander — mint plant of genus Teucrium
  • Ancient Greek: χαμαίδρυς (khamaídrus) — mint plant of genus Teucrium
  • Ancient Greek: χαμέτρυς (khamétrus) — mint plant of genus Teucrium
  • Hebrew: גַּעֲדָה (gaʿăda) — mint plant of genus Teucrium
  • Italian: camedrio — mint plant of genus Teucrium
  • Japanese: 苦草 (nigarusa) — mint plant of genus Teucrium
  • Kazakh: еменшөп (emenşöp) — mint plant of genus Teucrium
  • Northern Kurdish: qesel — mint plant of genus Teucrium
  • Latin: chamaedrys — mint plant of genus Teucrium
  • Persian: جعده (ga'da) — mint plant of genus Teucrium
  • Polish: ożanka — mint plant of genus Teucrium
  • Russian: дубро́вник (dubróvnik) — mint plant of genus Teucrium
  • Serbo-Croatian: дуба̀час — mint plant of genus Teucrium
  • Serbo-Croatian: ду̀пчац — mint plant of genus Teucrium
  • Serbo-Croatian: подубица — mint plant of genus Teucrium
  • Serbo-Croatian: ду́бац — mint plant of genus Teucrium
  • Serbo-Croatian: dubàčac — mint plant of genus Teucrium
  • Serbo-Croatian: dùpčac — mint plant of genus Teucrium
  • Serbo-Croatian: podubica — mint plant of genus Teucrium
  • Serbo-Croatian: dúbac — mint plant of genus Teucrium
  • Slovak: ožanka — mint plant of genus Teucrium
  • Swedish: gamander — mint plant of genus Teucrium