See Also: Kharkiv(encyclopedia)

teucrium (iou) and Kharkiv (sh)


teucrium (iou)



teucrium noun. E17.
[mod. Latin (see below), from Greek teukrion.]
Any of numerous chiefly Mediterranean labiate herbs and shrubs constituting the genus Teucrium, which includes the wood sage, T. scorodonia, and wall germander, T. chamaedrys.

Kharkiv (sh)




City (pop., 2001: 1,470,000), northeastern Ukraine.

Founded in 1655 as a military stronghold to protect Russia's southern borderlands, it became a seat of provincial government in 1732. It served as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1921-34). The second largest city in Ukraine, it is a heavy industry centre, manufacturing agricultural machinery and electrical equipment.