[f. as prec. + WORT.] Wild Thyme, Thymus Serpyllum. (Britten and Holland.) (According to Halliwell, Pennyroyal.)

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a. 1387.  Sinon. Barthol. (Anecd. Oxon.), 35. Pulegium montanum, brotherwort.

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c. 1465.  Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.), 81. Herpillum, serpillum, pulegium montanum, brothuurt. Ibid., 186. Tymbra uel timbria, brotherwrt.

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1499.  Promp. Parv., 54. Brother wort, pulio, puleium.

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1530.  Palsgr., 201/2. Brother worte herbe.

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1597.  in Gerard, App. (Britten & Holl.).

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