Bot. Obs. Also 6 epithime. [ad. L. epithymon, Gr. ἐπίθυμον, f. ἐπί upon + θύμον thyme.] The Cuscuta Epithymum or Dodder, a parasitic plant growing on thyme, etc.
[c. 1265. Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 557. Epitime, epithimum, fordboh.]
1585. Lloyd, Treas. Health, v. Take violettes … time, and epithime, ana ȝii.
1621. Burton, Anat. Mel., II. iv. I. v. Thyme and Epithyme, Hops, Scolopendria, Fumitory.
1725. Bradley, Fam. Dict., s.v. Saxifrage, The second is Branch’d and like Epithyme.
