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Any of several aromatic bushy herbs, of the genus Hyssopus, native to Southern Europe and once used medicinally

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Any of several similar plants

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The sagebrush (Artemisia spp.)

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A plant used used for sprinkling of blood or water in purification rituals and at Passover, Origanum syriacum

Examples of hyssop in a Sentence

Certain essential oils are good but oils to be avoided include evening primrose, rosemary, hyssop, sweet fennel and sage.

These oils include rosemary, sage, hyssop, fennel and wormwood.

Hyssop (Hyssopus Officinalis) - A little pot herb which has some beauty grown on a rock or wall, and is worth a place apart from its use in the herb border.

Calceolaria Hyssopifolia - One of the best of the dwarf kinds, bearing loose clusters of lemon-yellow blossoms from early summer till autumn, the foliage resembling that of Hyssop.

The peppermint flavoring is based on references to an herb called hyssop in the Old Testament, which tasted similar to peppermint.

A prayer was offered that "for us and all who sail thereon the sea may be calm and quiet," whereupon the doge and the others were solemnly aspersed with holy water, the rest of which was thrown into the sea while the priests chanted "Purge me with hyssop and I shall be clean."

In this way such herbs as basil, marjoram, mint, sage, savory, thyme, balm, chamomile, horehound, hyssop and rue, as well as parsley, may be had throughout the season with almost the full flavour of the fresh herb.

But their indulgence even then is not mentioned to have gone beyond the coarse bread, flavoured with salt and sometimes hyssop, while their drink was water from the spring.

Moses summons the elders of Israel and orders them to kill the Passover and besprinkle the lintel and sideposts with a bunch of hyssop dipped in blood so that the Lord will pass over the door.

The science that treats of them dates back to the days of Solomon, who "spake of trees, from the cedar of Lebanon to the hyssop on the wall."

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