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• MARJORAM (O. Fr. majorane, Med. Lat. majorana; not connected with major, greater, nor with amaracus)

MARJORAM (O. Fr. majorane, Med. See also:

• LAT

Lat. majorana; not connected with See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major, greater, nor with amaracus)  , in See also:

• BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany, the See also:

• COMMON

common name for some aromatic herbs or undershrubs, belonging to the genus Origanum (natural See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order See also:

• LABIATAE (i.e. " lipped," Lat. labium, lip)

Labiatae) . See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

Wild See also:

• MARJORAM, (O. Fr. majorane, Med. Lat. majorana; not connected with major, greater, nor with amaracus)

marjoram is O. vulgare, a perennial common in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England in dry copses and on hedge-See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks, with many stout stems I to 3 ft. high, bearing See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short-stalked somewhat ovate leaves and clusters of See also:

• PURPLE

purple See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers . Sweet or knotted marjoram, O . Marjorana, and pot marjoram, O . Onites, are cultivated for the use of their aromatic leaves, either See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

green or dry, for culinary purposes; the tops are cut as the See also:

• PLANTS

plants begin to See also:

• FLOWER (Lat. flos, floris; Fr. fleur)
• FLOWER, SIB

flower and are dried slowly in the shade .