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oregano Definition


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oregano
noun oreganos
    1. A sweet-smelling Mediterranean herb, a variety of wild marjoram.
    2. The dried, often powdered, aromatic leaves of this plant, used as a flavouring in cooking.
Etymology: 18c: Spanish and American Spanish, a variant of origanum.



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