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   Hys·sop

   /ˈhisəp/

   

   noun

   • 1. a small bushy aromatic plant of the mint family, the bitter minty leaves of which are used in cooking and herbal medicine.
   • 2. (in biblical use) a wild shrub of uncertain identity whose twigs were used for sprinkling in ancient Jewish rites of purification.

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

   Scrabble Points: 14

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