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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 905 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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THYME . The genus Thymus (nat. ord. See also:

Labiatae) comprises a number of fragrant aromatic undershrubs, with very small leaves and whorls of small See also:purple See also:honey-bearing See also:flowers in the axils of the leaves or at the ends of the branches. The See also:common See also:garden thyme, a native of the Mediterranean region, is Thymus vulgaris; the See also:wild thyme of See also:English See also:banks is T. serpyllum. See also:Marjoram (Origanum) is also closely allied. All these See also:plants are remarkable for their essential oil, to which their fragrance is due. From this oil is produced by See also:distillation the substance known as See also:thymol.

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