Definition of Hyssopus

1. Noun. Eurasian genus of perennial herbs or subshrubs.

Exact synonyms: Genus Hyssopus
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Labiatae, Family Lamiaceae, Labiatae, Lamiaceae, Mint Family
Member holonyms: Hyssop, Hyssopus Officinalis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hyssopus

Hypopitys
Hypoxidaceae
Hypoxis
Hypoxis hirsuta
Hypsiglena
Hypsiglena torquata
Hypsiprymnodon
Hypsiprymnodon moschatus
Hyracotherium
Hyrcanian
Hyrtl's anastomosis
Hyrtl's epitympanic recess
Hyrtl's foramen
Hyrtl's loop
Hyrtl's sphincter
Hyssopus
Hyssopus officinalis
Hystricidae
Hystricomorpha
Hythe
Hytrin
Hz
HzRG
HzRGs
Hárbarðsljóð
Hávamál
Häagen-Dazs
Hämeenlinna
Hérault
Hönne

Literary usage of Hyssopus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The British Flora Medica: A History of the Medicinal Plants of Great Britain by Benjamin Herbert Barton, Thomas Castle (1877)
"Goats and sheep eat the foliage of this plant, other animals in general refuse it. CXI. hyssopus OFFICINALIS, L. HYSSOP. Nat. Ord. LABIATA. ..."

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