WordNet
dittany of crete
n. dwarf aromatic shrub of Crete [syn: cretan dittany, crete dittany, hop marjoram, winter sweet, Origanum dictamnus]
Usage examples of "dittany of crete".
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.