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Definition of Cretan dittany
1. Noun. Dwarf aromatic shrub of Crete.
Group relationships: Genus Origanum
Generic synonyms: Origanum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cretan Dittany
Literary usage of Cretan dittany
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Transit of Civilization from England to America in the Seventeenth Century by Edward Eggleston (1901)
"Not only cretan dittany, but white dittany as well, was esteemed efficacious
against the poison of " serpents, mad dogs, and venomous beasts. ..."
2. The Transit of Civilization from England to America in the Seventeenth Century by Edward Eggleston (1900)
"Not only cretan dittany, but white dittany as well, was esteemed efficacious
against the poison of "serpents, mad dogs, and venomous beasts. ..."
3. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"The cretan dittany is supposed to be Origanum Dictamnus, a plant of the mint
family, and of the same genus with the wild marjoram. The plant commonly sailed ..."
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