hyssop

1. 1.

   a European mint with aromatic and pungent leaves used in perfumery and as a seasoning in cookery; often cultivated as a remedy for bruises; yields hyssop oil

   SynonymsHyssopus officinalis

   Broaderherb

   Part ofHyssopus
2. 2.

   bitter leaves used sparingly in salads; dried flowers used in soups and tisanes

   Broaderherb

Other forms of hyssop

plural

hyssops·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hyssop

What does hyssop mean?

hyssop means "a European mint with aromatic and pungent leaves used in perfumery and as a seasoning in cookery; often cultivated as a remedy for bruises; yields hyssop oil". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hyssop?

hyssop has 2 syllables: hys-sop. The stress falls on "hys". In IPA it is /ˈhɪsəp/.

What is another word for hyssop?

Close synonyms include Hyssopus officinalis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hyssop a common word?

hyssop is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.