dittany
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dittany /ˈdɪtəni/
▶noun (pl. dittanies)
- 1 an aromatic, shrubby plant of the mint family with white woolly leaves and pink flowers. [Origanum dictamnus (Greece) and other species.]
- 2 another term for gas plant.
– origin ME: from OFr. ditain or med. L. ditaneum, from L. dictamnus, dictamnum, from Gk diktamnon, perh. from Diktē, a mountain in Crete.
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