Zaatar is a culinary herb or family of herbs. It is also the name of a spice mixture that includes the herb along with toasted sesame seeds, dried sumac, often salt, as well as other spices.

As a family of related Middle Eastern herbs, it contains plants from the genera Origanum (oregano), Calamintha (basil thyme), Thymus (typically Thymus vulgaris, i.e., thyme), and Satureja (savoury) plants.

It is the herb of some members of the genus Thymus of aromatic perennial evergreen herbs in the mint family called Lamiaceae.

It uses for culinary, medicinal and ornamental purposes.

The species most commonly cultivated and the common garden thyme can widely use for culinary.