| NOUN | plant | Thymus, genus Thymus | large genus of Old World mints |
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| body | thymus, thymus gland | a ductless glandular organ at the base of the neck that produces lymphocytes and aids in producing immunity |
| Meaning | large genus of Old World mints: thyme. | |
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| Synonym | genus Thymus | |
| Member of | Labiatae, family Labiatae, Lamiaceae, family Lamiaceae, mint family | 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 |
| Members | thyme | Any of various mints of the genus Thymus |
| Broader | asterid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs |
| Spanish | genus thymus, thymus | |
| Catalan | genus thymus, thymus | |
| Meaning | A ductless glandular organ at the base of the neck that produces lymphocytes and aids in producing immunity; atrophies with age. | |
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| Synonym | thymus gland | |
| Part of | immune system | A system (including the thymus and bone marrow and lymphoid tissues) that protects the body from foreign / foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing the immune response |
| neck, cervix | The part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body | |
| Broader | endocrine gland, endocrine, ductless gland | Any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream |
| Spanish | glándula timo, timo | |
| Catalan | tim | |
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