† serpillen.
Obsolete. rare.
Wild thyme.
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brotherwortOE
puliol mountainc1300
thyme1398
pelletera1400
petergrassa1425
serpola1425
running thyme1548
serpille1558
pellamountain1575
creeping thyme1597
mother of thyme1597
serpolet1693
shepherd's thyme1857
mountain puliol1908
1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes Alexis of Piemount f. 45v Jasemyn, Maioram, Sauourye, Serpyne, or Serpille, called wilde Time [It. gelsomino, maggiorana, serpillo, saturegia].
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1558Serpyne [see main sense].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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