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Origanum
{
Or′i-gan
, ‖O-rig′a-num
, }p
rop.
Noun.
[L.
origanum
, Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], prob. fr. ὄρος
, mountain + [GREEK] brightness, beauty. Cf. Organy
.] (Bot.)
A genus of aromatic labiate plants, including the sweet marjoram (
Origanum Marjorana
) and the wild marjoram (Origanum vulgare
). Spenser.