Dittany

cht'.i-m, n. a genus of aromatic peren- nial ji'anrs, formerly much used medicinally as a — tonic. IL dicta uni us, Gr. diktamnos Dikte, a mountain in Crete, when the plant grows abundantly. Ditto, dit'o, contracted Do., n. that which has been laid, the same thing — adv ns before, or aforesaid m like manner. [It. detto— L. die turn, said, pa p of dico, to say.J Ditty, a song a little poem to be sung. [O. Fi dite—L. dictation, neuter of dictatus, perf p ol dicta, 10 dictate, Diuretic, dt-u-ret'ik, adj tending to excite the pa ing through or discharge of urine. —n. a incdiune causing tins discharge. [Fr. — Gr. diourctikos dia, through, and our on urine