ˌthīməˈlēə, ˌthim- noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, any of several plants of the genus Daphne, from Greek thymelaia, from thymos thyme + elaia olive
: a genus of European and Asiatic herbs and undershrubs (family Thymelaeaceae) having small sessile apetalous flowers with a calyx that has a spreading border and is usually persistent