hyssop
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hyssop
- /ˈhɪ.səp/
Where it comes from
Via Latin hȳsōpum, from Ancient Greek ὕσσωπος (hússōpos), of Semitic origin.
noun hyssops
- 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[.]
- Any of several similar plants
- Agastache foeniculum, blue giant hyssop.
- The sagebrush (Artemisia spp.).
- A plant used for the sprinkling of blood or water in purification rituals and at Passover, Origanum syriacum. All of them went in, including the housekeeper, and they found more than a hundrred large volumes, very nicely bound, and many smaller ones; and as soon as the housekeeper saw them, she hurried out of the room and quickly returned with a basin of holy water and a hyssop and said to the priest: "Take
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Talk about this word "hyssop." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hyssop. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. hyssop. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hyssop "hyssop." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hyssop.Cite this
@misc{hyssop_2026,
title = {hyssop},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hyssop},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
