hyssop

Definitions

1. Any of several aromatic bushy herbs, of the genus Hyssopus, native to Southern Europe and once used medicinally.
   countable, uncountable
2. Any of several similar plants
   countable, uncountable
3. Any of several similar plants:
   countable, uncountable
4. Agastache foeniculum, blue giant hyssop.
   countable, uncountable
5. The sagebrush (Artemisia spp.).
   US, countable, obsolete, uncountable
6. A plant used used for sprinkling of blood or water in purification rituals and at Passover, Origanum syriacum.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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[.]”

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