[ˈhɪsəp], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a small bushy aromatic plant of the mint family, the bitter minty leaves of which are used in cooking and herbal medicine

- (in biblical use) a wild shrub of uncertain identity whose twigs were used for sprinkling in ancient Jewish rites of purification


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Origin:
Old English hysope (reinforced in Middle English by Old French ysope), via Latin from Greek hyssōpos, of Semitic origin