Dit'ta-ny, n.

n. [Gr. δίκταμνον, δίκταμνος, a plant growing in abundance and perfection on Mounts Dicté and Ida in Crete, Lat. dictamnum, dictamnus, Fr. dictame.] (Bot.) A kind of plant; the Dictamnus ruber or albus. Its leaves in smell resemble lemon-thyme, and yield an essential oil.

☞ The common dittany of America is the Cunila Mariana, that of Crete a species of Origanum.