marjoram
See also: Marjoram
English
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The marjoram plant.
Etymology
From Old French majorane (compare French marjolaine, Italian maggiorana, Portuguese manjerona, Spanish mejorana), from Medieval Latin maiorana, q.v.
Noun
marjoram (countable and uncountable, 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
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References
- An etymological dictionary of the Latin language, 1828
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