OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 39914

hyssop

/ˈhɪ.səp/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
hisopo
Any of several aromatic bushy herbs, of the genus Hyssopus, native to Southern Europe and once used medicinally.
The life of one plant would be affected by another. Rue was definitely hostile to basil, rosemary to hyssop, but coriander, dill and chervil lived on the friendliest of terms[.]
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