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water-thyme
†1. An (? imaginary) aquatic species of thyme.
1655Walton Angler vi. (1661) 132 Some think that he [sc. the grayling] feeds on Water-Time, and smells so at his first taking out of the water.
2. The American weed Elodea canadensis (formerly Anacharis Alsinastrum), now common in English waters.
1855Anne Pratt Flower. Pl. V. 190 The Anacharis is called by the fishermen the Water Thyme. |