"dittany" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɪtəni/ Forms: dittanies [plural]
Etymology: From Old French ditan (French dictame), from Latin dictamnum, from Ancient Greek δίκταμνον (díktamnon), reportedly from Δίκτη (Díktē, “Dicte”), a mountain in Crete on whose slopes the plant grew. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|ditan}} Old French ditan, {{m|fr|dictame}} dictame, {{uder|en|la|dictamnum}} Latin dictamnum, {{uder|en|grc|δίκταμνον}} Ancient Greek δίκταμνον (díktamnon), {{m|grc|Δίκτη||Dicte}} Δίκτη (Díktē, “Dicte”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dittany (countable and uncountable, plural dittanies)
  1. A labiate plant, Origanum dictamnus, formerly renowned for its medicinal properties; dittany of Crete. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Spices and herbs Categories (lifeform): Menthinae subtribe plants Translations (dittany of Crete): δίκταμνον (díktamnon) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), مُشْكِطْرَامَشِير (muškiṭrāmašīr) [masculine, obsolete] (Arabic), кри́тски ри́ган (krítski rígan) [masculine] (Bulgarian), marduix de Creta [masculine] (Catalan), kreetanmeirami (Finnish), dictame (French), Diptam-Dost [masculine] (German), Diktamo [masculine, neuter] (German), kretischer Diptam [masculine] (German), δίκταμο (díktamo) [neuter] (Greek), dittamo [masculine] (Italian), مشکطرامشیر (mošktarâmašir) (Persian), души́ца диктамнус (dušíca diktamnus) [feminine] (Russian), души́ца кри́тская (dušíca krítskaja) [feminine] (Russian), jesẹ̑nček [masculine] (Slovene), kretadiptam [common-gender] (Swedish), mercan köşk (Turkish), mercanköşk (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-dittany-en-noun-LB6IAEW8 Disambiguation of Spices and herbs: 30 26 9 35 Disambiguation of Menthinae subtribe plants: 32 22 8 38 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 22 20 32 Disambiguation of 'dittany of Crete': 96 0 1 3
  2. A fragrant plant in the rue family, Dictamnus albus Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Spices and herbs Categories (lifeform): Menthinae subtribe plants, Rue family plants Synonyms: fraxinella, gas plant, burning bush
    Sense id: en-dittany-en-noun-nMhDph5S Disambiguation of Spices and herbs: 30 26 9 35 Disambiguation of Menthinae subtribe plants: 32 22 8 38 Disambiguation of Rue family plants: 21 40 10 29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 22 20 32
  3. Pseudodictamnus mediterraneus (syn. Ballota pseudodictamnus; false dittany) Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-dittany-en-noun-zTtVppbY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 22 20 32
  4. (US) A fragrant herb in the mint family native to the eastern US, Cunila origanoides Tags: US, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Spices and herbs Categories (lifeform): Menthinae subtribe plants Synonyms: common dittany, stone mint, frost mint, American dittany
    Sense id: en-dittany-en-noun-TrI07F8F Disambiguation of Spices and herbs: 30 26 9 35 Disambiguation of Menthinae subtribe plants: 32 22 8 38 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 22 20 32 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 28 21 16 35 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 22 16 19 43

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      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
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      "sense": "dittany of Crete",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "δίκταμνον"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "dittany of Crete",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dittamo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mošktarâmašir",
      "sense": "dittany of Crete",
      "word": "مشکطرامشیر"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dušíca diktamnus",
      "sense": "dittany of Crete",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "души́ца диктамнус"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dušíca krítskaja",
      "sense": "dittany of Crete",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "души́ца кри́тская"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "dittany of Crete",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jesẹ̑nček"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "dittany of Crete",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kretadiptam"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "dittany of Crete",
      "word": "mercan köşk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "dittany of Crete",
      "word": "mercanköşk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dittany"
}

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