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cretan dittany

noun

dwarf aromatic shrub of Crete

• Syn: ↑dittany of crete, ↑crete dittany, ↑hop marjoram, ↑winter sweet, ↑Origanum dictamnus

• Hypernyms: ↑origanum

• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Origanum

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noun also crete dittany

Usage: usually capitalized C

: an herb (Origanum dictamnus) native to Crete having drooping spikes of pink flowers and a once-believed power to expel arrows from the body

Useful english dictionary. 2012.