[ 'dɪtəni ]
■ noun ( plural dittanies )
1》 an aromatic, shrubby plant of the mint family with white woolly leaves and pink flowers. [ Origanum dictamnus (Greece) and other species.]
2》 another term for gas plant .
Origin
ME: from OFr. ditain or med. L. ditaneum , from L. dictamnus , dictamnum , from Gk diktamnon , perh. from Diktē , a mountain in Crete.