thymus
English Thesaurus
1. a ductless glandular organ at the base of the neck that produces lymphocytes and aids in producing immunity; atrophies with age (noun.body)
part meronym | : | immune system, |
definition | : | a system (including the thymus and bone marrow and lymphoid tissues) that protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing the immune response (noun.body) |
part meronym | : | cervix, neck, |
definition | : | the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body (noun.body) |
2. large genus of Old World mints: thyme (noun.plant)
hypernym | : | asterid dicot genus, |
definition | : | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | thyme, |
definition | : | any of various mints of the genus Thymus (noun.plant) |
member meronym | : | family labiatae, family lamiaceae, labiatae, lamiaceae, mint family, |
definition | : | a large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including mint; thyme; sage; rosemary (noun.plant) |
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