Found 2 items, similar to timothy.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: timothy
timothy
n 1: grass with long cylindrical spikes frown in northern United
States and Europe for hay [syn:
herd's grass,
Phleum pratense
]
2: a disciple of Saint Paul who became the leader of the
Christian community at Ephesus
3: a grass grown for hay
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Timothy
Timothy
\Tim"o*thy\ (Bible)
A disciple and companion of St. Paul. He was the son of a
Greek and a Jewess, and his home was either at Derbe, or
Lystra in Lycaonia. Paul set him apart as a minister of the
new gospel, and after preaching in Macedonia and Achaia, he
went, at Paul's request to Ephesus, and accompanied the
apostle to Jerusalem. It was to him that the two epistles to
Timothy were addressed by the apostle Paul. According to
tradition, Timothy suffered martyrdom under Domitian. --The
Student's Cyclopedia, 1897.
[PJC]
Timothy
\Tim"o*thy\, n., or Timothy grass
\Tim"o*thy grass`\
[From Timothy Hanson, who carried the seed from New England
to Maryland about 1720.] (Bot.)
A kind of grass (
Phleum pratense) with long cylindrical
spikes; -- called also
herd's grass, in England,
cat's-tail grass, and
meadow cat's-tail grass. It is much
prized for fodder. See Illustration in Appendix.
[1913 Webster]