basil thyme

1. 1.

   fragrant European mint having clusters of small violet-and-white flowers; naturalized especially in eastern North America

   Synonymsbasil balmmother of thymeAcinos arvensisSatureja acinos

   Broaderherb

   Part ofAcinos

Questions about basil thyme

What does basil thyme mean?

basil thyme means "fragrant European mint having clusters of small violet-and-white flowers; naturalized especially in eastern North America".

What is another word for basil thyme?

Close synonyms include basil balm, mother of thyme, Acinos arvensis, Satureja acinos. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is basil thyme a common word?

basil thyme is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.