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

This article appears in Volume V17, Page 727 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: MAL-MAR
MARJORAM, (O. Fr. majorane, Med. Lat. majorana; not connected with major, greater, nor with amaracus) , in botany, the common name for some aromatic herbs or undershrubs, belonging to the genus Origanum (natural
order
 
Labiatae
 ). Wild marjoram is O. vulgare, a perennial common in
England
  in dry copses and on hedge-
banks
 , with many stout stems I to 3 ft. high, bearing short-stalked somewhat ovate leaves and clusters of
purple
 
flowers
 . Sweet or knotted marjoram, O. Marjorana, and pot marjoram, O. Onites, are cultivated for the use of their aromatic leaves, either green or dry, for culinary purposes; the tops are cut as the
plants
  begin to flower and are dried slowly in the shade.


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