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Definition of: dittany
(dit′ə·nē) noun plural ·nies
1. A perennial American herb of the mint family (Cunila origanoides), with small, purplish or lilac blossoms; the stonemint.
2. Any of various plants of the mint family, as the Cretan dittany (Origanum dictamnus).
3. Fraxinella. [<OF ditan, dictamne <L dictamnus <Gk. diktamon,? from Diktē, a mountain in Crete where it grew]
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