hyssop
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Etymology
[edit]Via Latin hȳsōpum, from Ancient Greek ὕσσωπος (hússōpos), of Semitic origin.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]hyssop (countable and uncountable, plural hyssops)
- Any of several aromatic bushy herbs, of the genus Hyssopus, native to Southern Europe and once used medicinally.
- 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 253:
- The life of one plant would be affected by another. Rue was definitely hostile to basil, rosemary to hyssop, but coriander, dill and chervil lived on the friendliest of terms[.]
- Any of several similar plants:
- (obsolete, US) The sagebrush (Artemisia spp.).
- (biblical) A plant used used for sprinkling of blood or water in purification rituals and at Passover, Origanum syriacum.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]herb of the genus Hyssopus
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Agastache foeniculum
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sagebrush — see sagebrush
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References
[edit]Hyssopus officinalis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Hyssopus (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Hyssopus (Lamiaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
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