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Definition of hyssop in English: hyssopnoun ˈhɪsəpˈhɪsəp 1A small bushy aromatic plant of the mint family, the bitter minty leaves of which are used in cooking and herbal medicine. Hyssopus officinalis, family Labiatae Example sentencesExamples - They come for the butterfly weed, lilacs, echinacea and anise hyssop, and especially for the white, lavender and pink butterfly bushes.
- Herbs you can use in the bath are bay leaf, chamomile, hyssop, lemon balm and lime flowers.
- Although the garden hosts a variety of nectar flowers, the butterflies concentrate when anise hyssop and Joe-pye weed bloom.
- The products used contain basil, pepper, clary sage and thyme, as well as hyssop essential oils.
- Sweet Annie, anise hyssop, and feverfew make good fillers.
2(in biblical use) a wild shrub of uncertain identity whose twigs were used for sprinkling in ancient Jewish rites of purification. Example sentencesExamples - The cedar tree is the highest of all the trees, and the hyssop is the lowest.
- He discoursed about trees, from the cedars of Lebanon to the hyssop that grows from the wall.
- The hyssop is a lowly shrub; and God must stoop low to smell the incense of Calvary.
- Now a vessel full of sour wine was sitting there; and they filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on hyssop, and put it to His mouth.
- Cleanse my hidden mind with the hyssop of your grace, for I draw near to the Holy of Holies of your mysteries.
Origin Old English hysope (reinforced in Middle English by Old French ysope), via Latin from Greek hyssōpos, of Semitic origin. Definition of hyssop in US English: hyssopnounˈhɪsəpˈhisəp 1A small bushy aromatic plant of the mint family, the bitter minty leaves of which are used in cooking and herbal medicine. Hyssopus officinalis, family Labiatae Example sentencesExamples - Sweet Annie, anise hyssop, and feverfew make good fillers.
- They come for the butterfly weed, lilacs, echinacea and anise hyssop, and especially for the white, lavender and pink butterfly bushes.
- Although the garden hosts a variety of nectar flowers, the butterflies concentrate when anise hyssop and Joe-pye weed bloom.
- The products used contain basil, pepper, clary sage and thyme, as well as hyssop essential oils.
- Herbs you can use in the bath are bay leaf, chamomile, hyssop, lemon balm and lime flowers.
2(in biblical use) a wild shrub of uncertain identity whose twigs were used for sprinkling in ancient Jewish rites of purification. Example sentencesExamples - The cedar tree is the highest of all the trees, and the hyssop is the lowest.
- The hyssop is a lowly shrub; and God must stoop low to smell the incense of Calvary.
- He discoursed about trees, from the cedars of Lebanon to the hyssop that grows from the wall.
- Cleanse my hidden mind with the hyssop of your grace, for I draw near to the Holy of Holies of your mysteries.
- Now a vessel full of sour wine was sitting there; and they filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on hyssop, and put it to His mouth.
Origin Old English hysope (reinforced in Middle English by Old French ysope), via Latin from Greek hyssōpos, of Semitic origin. |