germander

/dʒərˈmændər/

Definitions of germander

1. noun

   any of various plants of the genus Teucrium
   types:

   American germander, Teucrium canadense, wood sage

   subshrub with serrate leaves and cream-colored to pink or purple flowers in spikelike racemes; North America

   Teucrium chamaedrys, wall germander

   European perennial subshrub with red-purple or bright rose flowers with red and white spots

   Teucrium marum, cat thyme, marum

   Mediterranean germander having small hairy leaves and reddish purple flowers; attractive to cats

   Teucrium scorodonia, wood sage

   European germander with one-sided racemes of yellow flowers; naturalized in North America

   type of:

   subshrub, suffrutex

   low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base