hyssop
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈhɪ.səp/
noun
Etymology: Via Latin hȳsōpum, from Ancient Greek ὕσσωπος (hússōpos), of Semitic origin.
- Any of several aromatic bushy herbs, of the genus Hyssopus, native to Southern Europe and once used medicinally.
“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
- Any of several similar plants:
- The sagebrush (Artemisia spp.).
- A plant used used for sprinkling of blood or water in purification rituals and at Passover, Origanum syriacum.