'American germander' definitions:
Definition of 'American germander'
From: WordNet
noun
Subshrub with serrate leaves and cream-colored to pink or purple flowers in spikelike racemes; North America [syn: American germander, wood sage, Teucrium canadense]
Definition of 'American germander'
From: GCIDE
- Germander \Ger*man"der\, n. [OE. germaunder, F. germandr['e]e, It. calamandrea, L. chamaedrys, fr. Gr.?; ? on the earth or ground + ? tree. See Humble, and Tree.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Teucrium (esp. Teucrium Cham[ae]drys or wall germander), mintlike herbs and low shrubs. [1913 Webster]
- American germander, Teucrium Canadense.
- Germander chickweed, Veronica agrestis.
- Water germander, Teucrium Scordium.
- Wood germander, Teucrium Scorodonia. [1913 Webster]