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Dittany   Listen
noun
Dittany  n.  (Bot.)
(a)
A plant of the Mint family (Origanum Dictamnus), a native of Crete.
(b)
The Dictamnus Fraxinella. See Dictamnus.
(c)
In America, the Cunila Mariana, a fragrant herb of the Mint family.






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"Dittany" Quotes from Famous Books



... is written, the dittany (a milk-like plant), the flaunting poppy, and the fragrant lily. Once, as she slept, Jupiter placed the wonderfully begotten Hercules to her alien, repugnant breasts. Some of the milk dripped and as it fell was dissipated in the heavens—and there is the Milky Way. Other drops reached the ...
— My Tropic Isle • E J Banfield



Words linked to "Dittany" :   cretan dittany, herb, crete dittany, herbaceous plant, burning bush, Dictamnus alba, fraxinella



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