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Definition of Dittany
1. Noun. Eurasian perennial herb with white flowers that emit flammable vapor in hot weather.
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Definition of Dittany
1. n. A plant of the Mint family (Origanum Dictamnus), a native of Crete.
Definition of Dittany
1. Noun. (botany) A labiate plant, ''Origanum dictamnus'', formerly renowned for its medicinal properties; dittany of Crete. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dittany
1. a perennial herb [n -NIES]
Medical Definition of Dittany
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dittany
Literary usage of 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)
"dittany was such an antagonist to poison that Gerarde is quoted as saying, " The
very smell driveth away venomous beasts, and doth astonish them. ..."
2. The Transit of Civilization from England to America in the Seventeenth Century by Edward Eggleston (1900)
"dittany was such an antagonist to poison that Gerarde is quoted as saying, " The
very smell driveth away venomous beasts, and doth astonish them. ..."
3. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson (1901)
"One of the handsomest of British Orchids, finest in rich soil, and if well grown
in moist and rather stiff garden-loam its beauty will ORIGANUM (dittany, ..."
4. The Chemical Works of Caspar Neumann by Caspar Neumann, William Lewis (1773)
"The flowers are numerous, and often cluttered together into the form (h~) White
dittany.'} The root of this plant yields no ..."
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