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- dittany ['dɪtənɪ]
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an aromatic Cretan plant, Origanum dictamnus, with pink drooping flowers: formerly credited with great medicinal properties: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
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stone mint a North American labiate plant, Cunila origanoides, with clusters of purplish flowers
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another name for gas plant
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[Etymology]
C14: from Old French ditan, from Latin dictamnus, from Greek diktamnon, perhaps from Dikt
e , mountain in Crete
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an aromatic Cretan plant, Origanum dictamnus, with pink drooping flowers: formerly credited with great medicinal properties: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
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