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Majorana

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prop. n.1.A small genus of herbs usually included in the genus Origanum.
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Noun1.Majorana - small genus of herbs usually included in the genus OriganumMajorana - small genus of herbs usually included in the genus Origanum
asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
family Labiatae, family Lamiaceae, Labiatae, Lamiaceae, mint family - a large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including mint; thyme; sage; rosemary


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Plant of the week Oregano IF YOU ever go to a good Italian restaurant for a pizza or other typically Italian dish, the chances are that somewhere in the food the chef will have used origanum majorana (Sweet Marjoram).
The volume (which lacks a subject index) contains papers originally presented at a May 2006 meeting held in Erice, Italy and sponsored by the Ettore Majorana Foundation and the Centre for Scientific Culture.
 
 
 
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