marjoram

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The winter sweet marjoram used for the same purposes, is a native of Greece, and the pot-marjoram is another variety brought from Sicily.

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  1. noun Any of several aromatic Eurasian or Mediterranean plants of the genus Origanum, especially O. majorana or O. vulgare, having small, purplish to white flowers and opposite leaves. Also called sweet marjoram, wild marjoram.
  2. noun The leaves of any of these plants used as a seasoning.

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  • Sorka knew which ones would leave their fragrances on her fingers and she daringly fingered the marjoram, then the tiny thyme leaves. —  Dragons Dawn
  • Let everything cook together for 5 minutes, or until the marjoram is fragrant. —  Damn Hell Ass Kings
  • I started by sauteeing some diced tomato in olive oil, marjoram, then added some tomato water I'd made over the weekend. —  Appetites
  • When the potatoes are almost steamed 1 put in 1 onion cut real fine, 2 eggs and sweet marjoram or parsley and salt and pepper. —  The Old Foodie
  • Sprinkle marjoram or rosemary on your salads, and dress up cottage cheese with whatever spicy flavor appeals to you. —  NaturalNews.com
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  1. Middle English majorane, from Old French, from Medieval Latin maiorana.

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  1. Early modern English also marjerome, margerim, margerome, merjerum, marjoran, majerom, majoram, majoran, from Middle English *marjoran, marjoron, majoran, from Old French *marjoraine, marjolaine, margelyne, French marjolaine = Spanish mayorana = Portuguese maiorana, mangerona = Italian majorana, maggiorana = Dutch maioleyne, mariolcin = Middle High German meigramme, also meioron, meiron, German majoran, dial. maigram, meiran, from Middle Latin majoraca, a corrupt form due to Roman influence, simulating Latin major, greater (the Teutonic forms suffering further perversion), from Latin amaracus, amaracum, from Greek ἀμάρακος, ἀμάρακον, marjoram (the Greek plant so named being apparently bulbous, the Persian or Egyptian species prob. marjoram).
 

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