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timothy

(tim′ə t̸hē)

noun

☆ a perennial European grass (Phleum pratense) with dense, cylindrical spikes of bristly spikelets, widely grown for hay

Origin: after Timothy Hanson, who took the seed (c. 1720) from New York to the Carolinas

noun

a masculine name: dim. Tim, Timmy
either of two books of the New Testament, letters of the Apostle Paul to his disciple Timothy: abbrev. Tim, Tm, or Ti

Origin: Fr Timothée < L Timotheus < Gr Timotheos < timē, honor (see timocracy) + theos, god (see theo-)

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noun pl. tim·o·thies

Any of several grasses of the genus Phleum, especially P. pratense, native to Eurasia, and P. alpinum, of North America, having a dense cylindrical inflorescence of compressed, one-flowered spikelets and widely cultivated for hay.

Origin:

Origin: Probably after Timothy Hanson, an 18th-century American farmer

noun Abbr. Tim. or Tm

See Table at Bible.

, Saint First century A.D.

Christian leader and companion of Saint Paul. Two epistles of the New Testament, ascribed to Paul, are addressed to him.

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