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Dittany

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Noun

1. burning bush, dictamnus alba, dittany, fraxinella, gas plant

Eurasian perennial herb with white flowers that emit flammable vapor in hot weather

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Dittany

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noun plural -nies
1. 
an aromatic Cretan plant, Origanum dictamnus, with pink drooping flowers: formerly credited with great medicinal properties: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
2. Also called: stone mint
a North American labiate plant, Cunila origanoides, with clusters of purplish flowers
3.  another name for gas plant

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Dittany

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nounWord forms: plural ˈdittanies
1. 
a creeping, woolly herb (Origanum dictamnus) of the mint family, native to Crete
2. 
gas plant
3.  US
a small perennial herb (Cunila origanoides) of the mint family, found in E U.S.

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Dittany

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n. pl. dit·ta·nies
1. An aromatic woolly plant (Origanum dictamnus) in the mint family, native to Crete and formerly believed to have magical powers.
2. See stone mint.
3. See gas plant.

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