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dictamnus
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See also: Dictamnus
English
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Dictamnus, from Latin dictamnum. See dittany.
Noun
dictamnus (plural dictamnuses)
- (botany) A suffrutescent plant of the genus Dictamnus, with strong perfume and showy flowers.
- Synonyms: dittany, burning bush, gas plant, fraxinella
References
- “dictamnus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [dɪkˈtam.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [dikˈtam.nus]
Noun
dictamnus m (genitive dictamnī); second declension
- alternative form of dictamnum
Declension
Second-declension noun.
References
- “dictamnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dictamnus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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