Definitions for dittanies

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dittanies dit·ta·ny

Spelling: [dit-n-ee]

IPA: /ˈdɪt n i/

Dittanies is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 399 anagrams from letters in dittanies (adeiinstt).

Definitions for dittanies

noun

1. a Cretan plant, Origanum dictamnus, of the mint family, having spikes of purple flowers and formerly believed to have medicinal qualities.
2. Also called stone mint. a North American plant, Cunila origanoides, of the mint family, bearing clusters of purplish flowers.
3. gas plant.

Origin of dittanies

1350-1400; Middle English ditane, detany Old French dita(i)n Latin dictamnus, dictamnum Greek díktamnon, perhaps akin to Díktē, a mountain in Crete where the herb abounded

Examples for dittanies

According to Virgil, Venus healed the wounded neas with dittany.

Fraxinella, frak-si-nel′a, n. a common name for cultivated species of dittany.

dittany, used by the Indians as a remedy for various diseases.

The sacred plants of the goddess were, the willow, pomegranate, the dittany and the lily.

dittany, dit′a-ni, n. a genus of aromatic perennial plants, formerly much used medicinally as a tonic.