Crossword clues for dittany
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dittany \Dit"ta*ny\, n. [OE. dytane, detane, dytan, OF. ditain, F. dictame, L. dictamnum, fr. Gr. di`ktamnon, di`ktamnos, a plant growing in abundance on Mount Dicte in Crete. Cf. Dittander.] (Bot.)
A plant of the Mint family ( Origanum Dictamnus), a native of Crete.
The Dictamnus Fraxinella. See Dictamnus.
In America, the Cunila Mariana, a fragrant herb of the Mint family.
Wiktionary
n. A labiate plant, (taxlink Origanum dictamnus species noshow=1), formerly renowned for its medicinal properties; (vern: dittany of Crete).
WordNet
n. Eurasian perennial herb with white flowers that emit flammable vapor in hot weather [syn: fraxinella, burning bush, gas plant, Dictamnus alba]
Wikipedia
Dittany can refer to various plants:
- Dictamnus albus (dittany, false dittany)
- Origanum dictamnus (dittany of Crete, Cretan dittany)
- Cunila origanoides (dittany, American dittany)
Usage examples of "dittany".
It made hiding the small mischiefs she and Dittany concocted much easier.
So Sulys thought of those things that Dittany had been teaching her since she was small.
And they were all harmless, these things that Dittany had learned in the land where she was born.
For example, do you think I would dare tell my betrothed about the small things my great-grandmother Dittany and I do when we are together?
Since nothing Od learned was forbidden in her own school, the magic you and Lady Dittany practice may well be lawful here.
Heading in the general direction of Dittany, the princess brought herself face-to-face with her father.
His ribs were wrapped tightly in filthy linen, stuffed to bursting with blood-soaked dittany leaves.
Oribasius was bent over the wound, holding a poultice of dittany, but had stopped his probing, listening to the conversation.
Thou art more potent against spells and terrors and the invisible menace than fennel or dittany or rue.
We could take a car over from Heraklion to Agia Gallini, and hire a caique from there, and I would show her the exact spot where Colin had pulled the dittany off the wall of the little church.
Several gnarled wisewomen from the village examined Tallia and said that because of her illness her womb had withered and needed time to become fertile again, time together with various teas steeped in blind nettle and dittany, or a potion of Lady's Mantle, every woman's cloak against illnesses of the womb.
The leaves of a plant growing in Crete and Candy were used by the Ancients for wounds, and it is still known as Dictamnus or Dittany of Crete, being Origanum Dictamnus of the Labiatae family.
Dictamnus, the Dittany of Crete, which has roundish leaves thickly invested with white down, and flowers in drooping spikes.
We could take a car over from Heraklion to Agia Gallini, and hire a caique from there, and I would show her the exact spot where Colin had pulled the dittany off the wall of the little church.