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Webster 1913 Edition
Marjoram
Mar′jo-ram
(mär′jō̍-ram)
, Noun.
[OE.
majoran
, F. marjolaine
, LL. marjoraca
, fr. L. amaracus
, amaracum
, Gr. ἀμάρακος
, ἀμάρακον
.] (Bot.)
A genus of mintlike plants (
Origanum
) comprising about twenty-five species. The sweet marjoram (Origanum Majorana
) is pecularly aromatic and fragrant, and much used in cookery. The wild marjoram of Europe and America is Origanum vulgare
, far less fragrant than the other. Webster 1828 Edition
Marjoram
M`ARJORAM
,Noun.
Definition 2024
marjoram
marjoram
English
The marjoram plant.
Noun
marjoram (plural marjorams)
- A herb of the mint family, Origanum majorana, having aromatic leaves.
- 1592-1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet XCIX
- The lily I condemned for thy hand, / And buds of marjoram had stol'n thy hair
- 1592-1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet XCIX
- The leaves of this plant used in flavouring food.
Translations
plant
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culinary herb
References
- An etymological dictionary of the Latin language, 1828