marjoram

marjoram

1. an aromatic Mediterranean plant, Origanum (or Marjorana) hortensis, with small pale purple flowers and sweet-scented leaves, used for seasoning food and in salads: family Lamiaceae (labiates)

2. a similar and related European plant, Origanum vulgare

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marjoram

marjoram

Seeds are common spice. Flowers taste like leaf, but milder. Use for asthma, coughs, stomach, intestines, headache, insomnia.

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marjoram

[′mär·jə·rəm]

(botany)

Any of several perennial plants of the genera Origanum and Majorana in the mint family, Labiatae; the leaves are used as a food seasoning.

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marjoram

used on bedsheets; Venus used it with Ascanius. [Rom. Myth.: Boland, 11–12]

See: Aphrodisiacs

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