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Origanum   Listen
proper noun
Origanum, Origan  n.  (Bot.) A genus of aromatic labiate plants, including the sweet marjoram (Origanum Marjorana) and the wild marjoram (Origanum vulgare).





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"Origanum" Quotes from Famous Books



... de mel, a ginger cake eaten at Christmas, and the famous carne de vinho e alhos (meat of wine and garlic). The latter is made by marinating pork in vinegar with garlic and the herb called oragao (origanum, or wild marjoram); it is eaten broiled, and even Englishmen learn to appreciate a dish which is said to conversar. The stewed fowl with rice is also national. As everywhere in ...
— To the Gold Coast for Gold - A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Vol. I • Richard F. Burton


Words linked to "Origanum" :   knotted marjoram, crete dittany, marjoram, Origanum dictamnus, pot marjoram, herb, wild marjoram, genus Origanum, dittany of crete, hop marjoram, herbaceous plant


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