hyssop

English
Hyssopus officinalis

Etymology

Via Latin hȳsōpum, from Ancient Greek ὕσσωπος (hússōpos), of Semitic origin.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈhɪ.səp/

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Noun

hyssop (countable and uncountable, plural hyssops)

  1. Any of several aromatic bushy herbs, of the genus Hyssopus, native to Southern Europe and once used medicinally.
    • 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 253:
      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[.]
  2. Any of several similar plants:
    1. Agastache foeniculum, blue giant hyssop.
  3. (obsolete, US) The sagebrush (Artemisia spp.).
  4. (biblical) A plant used used for sprinkling of blood or water in purification rituals and at Passover, Origanum syriacum.

Derived terms

Translations
sagebrush — see sagebrush
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