hyssop

English

Hyssopus officinalis

Etymology

Via Latin hysopum, from Ancient Greek ὕσσωπος (hússōpos), of Semitic origin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhɪ.səp/

Noun

hyssop (plural hyssops)

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 sage brush
4. (biblical) A plant used used for sprinkling of blood or water in purification rituals and at Passover, Origanum syriacum

Derived terms

• anise hyssop (Agastache foeniculum)
• bastard hyssop (Teucrium pseudo-hyssopus)
• giant hyssop (Agastache spp.)
• hedge hyssop (Gratiola spp.)
• water hyssop (Bacopa spp.)
• wild hyssop (Agastache cana, Hyssopus spp., or Verbena officinalis)

Translations

any of several aromatic bushy herbs, of the genus Hyssopus

• Arabic: زوفا‏‎ f (zufa)
• Armenian: զոպա (hy) (zopa)
• Czech: yzop
• Danish: isop
• Esperanto: hisopo (eo)
• Faroese: ýsopur m
• Finnish: isoppi, iisoppi (fi)
• German: Ysop (de), Isop, Eisop, Josefskraut n
• Greek: ύσσωπος (el) m (ýssopos)

  Ancient: ὕσσωπος m (hússōpos)

• Hebrew: אֵזוֹב‏‎ (he)

• Ido: hisopo (io)
• Maori: hīhopa
• Navajo: tsékʼi naʼałchʼízhii
• Persian: زوفا‏‎ (fa) (zufâ)
• Portuguese: hissopo (pt) m
• Romanian: isop (ro) m
• Russian: иссо́п (ru) m (issóp)
• Slovak: yzop (sk) m
• Slovene: ožepek m
• Spanish: hisopo (es) m
• Swedish: isop

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} issopo m

• Serbo-Croatian: blagovanj m, miloduh (sh) m

Further reading

• Hyssopus officinalis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hyssopus (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hyssopus (Lamiaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

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