Definitions for dittany

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dittany dit·ta·ny

Spelling: [dit-n-ee]

IPA: /ˈdɪt n i/

Dittany is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 108 anagrams from letters in dittany (adintty).

Definitions for dittany

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 dittany

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 dittany

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

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.

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

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