n. A suffrutescent plant, Dictamnus albus (the only species), with strong perfume and showy flowers.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A suffrutescent herb, Dictamnus Fraxinella (the only species), with strong perfume and showy flowers. The volatile oil of the leaves is highly inflammable.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A plant of the genus Dictamnus.
n. [capitalized] [NL.] A genus of rutaceous plants, of a single species, D. albus, the fraxinella or dittany, a native of southern Europe and central Asia.
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n. a dicotyledonous genus of the family Rutaceae
Word Usage
"In the background of the picture Venus is hastening to her son's relief, bearing in her hand the branch of dictamnus, which is to restore him to his pristine vigor."