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oregano - 4 dictionary results

o⋅reg⋅a⋅no

[uh-reg-uh-noh, aw-reg‑]
–noun
an aromatic herb, Origanum vulgare, of the mint family, having leaves used as seasoning in cooking.
Also called pot marjoram.
Compare marjoram.


Origin:
1765–75; < AmerSp orégano, Sp: wild marjoram < L orīganum. See origan
o·reg·a·no   (ə-rěg'ə-nō', ô-rěg'-)   
n.  
  1. A perennial Eurasian herb (Origanum vulgare) of the mint family, having aromatic leaves.
  2. The leaves of this plant used as a seasoning.

[Spanish orégano, wild marjoram, from Latin orīganum, from Greek orīganon, probably of North African origin.]

oregano 
1771, from Sp./Sp. Amer. oregano, from L. origanus, origanum, from Gk. oreiganon, from oros "mountain" (see oread) + ganos "brightness, ornament." The older form of the word in Eng. was the L.-derived origanum (c.1265), also origan (c.1420). In Europe, the dried leaves of wild marjoram; in America, a different, and more pungent, shrub.

OREGANO
["On the Design and Specification of the Programming Language OREGANO", D.M. Berry. UCLA-ENG-7388, 1973].

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