mejorana

Spanish

Origanum majorana

Etymology

From older mayorana, majorana, from Medieval Latin maiorana, q.v. (compare French marjolaine, Italian maggiorana and Portuguese manjerona).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mexoˈɾana/

Noun

mejorana f (plural mejoranas)

marjoram (Origanum majorana)
Synonyms: mayorana, almoraduj
mastic thyme, Spanish wood marjoram, Thymus mastichina

See also

Origanum majorana on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es
Thymus mastichina on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Further reading

“mejorana” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

References

Gómez de Silva, Guido (1988) Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua española (in Spanish), Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Económica, →ISBN

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