Marjoram
WordNet

noun


(1)   Pungent leaves used as seasoning with meats and fowl and in stews and soups and omelets
(2)   Aromatic Eurasian perennial
WiktionaryText

Noun



  1. A herb of the mint family, Origanum majorana, having aromatic leaves.
  2. The leaves of this plant used in flavouring food.

Quotations

  • 1592-1609: The lily I condemned for thy hand, / And buds of marjoram had stol'n thy hair — William Shakespeare, Sonnet XCIX
 
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