marjoram
See also: Marjoram
English
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editEtymology
editFrom Old French majorane, from Medieval Latin maiōrana.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɑːd͡ʒ(ə)ɹəm/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɑɹd͡ʒəɹəm/
Noun
editmarjoram (countable and uncountable, plural marjorams)
- A herb of the mint family, Origanum majorana, having aromatic leaves.
- Synonym: (obsolete) amaracus
- 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 99”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […][1], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
- The Lillie I condemned for thy hand, / And buds of marierom had ſtolne thy haire
- The leaves of this plant used in flavouring food.
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editplant
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culinary herb
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