hedge hyssop

American  

Also hedge-hyssop

noun

1. any plant of the genus Gratiola, a bitter herb used medicinally.

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hedge hyssop British  

noun

1. any of several North American scrophulariaceous plants of the genus Gratiola, esp G. aurea, having small yellow or white flowers

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Example Sentences

They plucked the helago, or hedge hyssop, barefooted, and without a knife, after ablutions, and offerings of bread and wine.

From The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies by White, Catherine Ann