hyssop

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Noun

hyssop

1. Any of several aromatic bushy herbs, of the genus Hyssopus, native to Southern Europe and once used medicinally
2. Any of several similar plants
   1. Agastache foeniculum, blue giant hyssop
3. (obsolete, US) The sagebrush (Artemisia spp.)
4. (biblical) A plant used used for sprinkling of blood or water in purification rituals and at Passover, Origanum syriacum

Translations

• German: Ysop, Josefskraut, Isop, Eisop
• Portuguese: hissopo
• Russian: иссо́п
• Spanish: hisopo

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