dittany
/ˈdɪtəni
/noun [mass noun] (plural dittanies)
Any of a number of aromatic herbaceous or shrubby plants:
- (also dittany of Crete) A dwarf shrub with white woolly leaves and pink flowers, native to Crete and Greece (Origanum dictamnus, family Labiatae). (also American dittany) An American herb used in cooking and herbal medicine (genus Cunila, family Labiatae). another term for gas plant.
- Several of these - sage, rosemary, thyme, horsebalm and mountain dittany - are rich in thymol and carvacrol, compounds that help muscles relax.
- Another interesting plant was Cunda origanoides (dittany), seen by many of the participants, including the trip leader, for the first time.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Old French ditain or medieval Latin ditaneum, from Latin dictamnus, dictamnum, from Greek diktamnon, perhaps from Diktē, the name of a mountain in Crete.
Rhymes
- wind rock
- wind rose
- windrow
- Windrush
- windsail
- Windscale
- wind scorpion
- windscreen
- windscreen wiper
- wind shear
- windshield
- windshield wiper
- windslab
- windsock
- wind someone up
- wind something up
- Windsor
- Windsor Castle
- Windsor chair
- Windsor, Duke of
- Windsor knot
- Windsor tie
- wind speed
- wind sprint
- windstorm