Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A plant of the genus Origanum; marjoram; wild marjoram; also, pennyroyal, Mentha Pulegium.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun (Bot.) A genus of aromatic labiate plants, including the sweet marjoram (
Origanum Marjorana ) and the wild marjoram (Origanum vulgare ).
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Examples
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You lose everything, from the point of origan to the kill!
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Not only should they, "lose everything, from the point of origan to the kill," as Clay said, but they should estimate the age of the animal and give you at least twice that in jail.
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Not only should they, "lose everything, from the point of origan to the kill," as Clay said, but they should estimate the age of the animal and give you at least twice that in jail.
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You lose everything, from the point of origan to the kill!
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Had we had his body, his grave-clothes must have been as simple as in life, and his grave-wreath only of origan.
The Praise Singer Renault, Mary 1978
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He was crowned with a wreath of gold, twined with parsley and origan.
The Praise Singer Renault, Mary 1978
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_O. vulgare_, wild marjoram) thyme > (This and origan were used to treat scabs: see 108.47: 3; thyme was also used to treat syphilis) 8 A filthy foul old woman I did view,
The Faerie Queene — Volume 01 Edmund Spenser
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