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dittany
[ dit-n-ee ]
noun
- a Cretan plant, Origanum dictamnus, of the mint family, having spikes of purple flowers and formerly believed to have medicinal qualities.
- Also called stone mint. a North American plant, Cunila origanoides, of the mint family, bearing clusters of purplish flowers.
dittany
/ ˈdɪtənɪ /
noun
- an aromatic Cretan plant, Origanum dictamnus , with pink drooping flowers: formerly credited with great medicinal properties: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
- Also calledstone mint a North American labiate plant, Cunila origanoides, with clusters of purplish flowers
- See gas plantanother name for gas plant
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Example Sentences
But when Venus saw how grievously her son was troubled, she brought from348 Ida, which is a mountain of Crete, the herb dittany.
But when Venus saw how grievously her son was troubled, she brought from Ida, which is a mountain of Crete, the herb dittany.
There must be marchantia under the spray of the one, and possibly dittany in the peat of the other.
According to Virgil, Venus healed the wounded neas with Dittany.
Fraxinella, frak-si-nel′a, n. a common name for cultivated species of dittany.
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