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Definition of: hyssop
(his′əp) noun
1. A bushy, medicinal herb (Hyssopus officinalis) of the mint family, about 2 feet high, with small clusters of blue flowers.
2. An unidentified plant furnishing the twigs used in the Mosaic purificatory and sacrificial rites, etc.
3. One of various other plants, as the giant hyssop (genus Agastache). [OE ysope <OF <L hyssopus <Gk. hyssōpos <Hebrew ēzōb]
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