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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. 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. n. The leaves of any of these plants used as a seasoning.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A plant of the genus Origanum, of several species, belonging to the natural order Labiatœ, or mint tribe. The sweet marjoram, O. Majorana, is peculiarly aromatic and fragrant, and much used in cookery. The common or wild marjoram, O. vulgare, is a native of Europe, and is a perennial plant with opposite leaves and small pink flowers, growing in calcareous soils. It is gently tonic and stimulant.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A herb of the mint family, Origanum majorana, having aromatic leaves.
  2. n. The leaves of this plant used in flavouring food.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Bot.) A genus of mintlike plants (Origanum) comprising about twenty-five species. The sweet marjoram (Origanum Majorana) is pecularly aromatic and fragrant, and much used in cookery. The wild marjoram of Europe and America is Origanum vulgare, far less fragrant than the other.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. pungent leaves used as seasoning with meats and fowl and in stews and soups and omelets
  2. n. aromatic Eurasian perennial

Etymologies

  1. Middle English majorane, from Old French, from Medieval Latin maiorana. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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