Marjoram

Definitions: Marjoram

Marjoram

Noun

1. Aromatic Eurasian perennial.

2. Pungent leaves used as seasoning with meats and fowl and in stews and soups and omelets.

Date "marjoram" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1509. (references)

Etymology: Marjoram \Mar"jo*ram\, noun. [from Old English expression majoran, French marjolaine, Late Latin expression marjoraca, from the Latin expression amaracus, amaracum, Greek]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Marjoram

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Marjoram As a pig loves marjoram. Not at all. Lucretius tells us (vi. 974), "Amaricinum fugitat sus, " swine shun marjoram. The proverb is applied in somewhat this way: "How did you like so-and-so?" Ans.: "Well, as a pig loves marjoram." Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Specialty Definition: Marjoram

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Marjoram (Old French majorane, Med. Lat. majorana; not connected with major, greater, nor with anfaracus) is a cold-sensitive perennial herb or undershrub, related to oregano and belonging to the genus Origanum (natural order Labiatae), with sweet pine and citrus flavors.

Wild marjoram is O. vulgare, a perennial common in England in dry copses and on hedge-banks, with many stout stems 1 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.

Hardy marjoram is a cross of marjoram with oregano that is much more resistant to cold, but is slightly less sweet.

Classification: Marjoram is a member of the mint family, Lamiaceae.

(Catalan marduix; Spanish mejorana)

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Marjoram."

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Synonyms: Marjoram

Synonyms: oregano (n), pot marjoram (n), wild marjoram (n), winter sweet (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Marjoram

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Condiment	Pot herbs, parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme, bay leaves, marjoram.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Marjoram

English words defined with "marjoram": antiseptic ♦ hop marjoram ♦ knotted marjoram ♦ pot marjoram ♦ sweet marjoram ♦ Wild marjoram. (references)

Specialty definitions using "marjoram": Devil loves Holy Water. (references)

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Usage Frequency: Marjoram

"Marjoram" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 95.83% of the time. "Marjoram" is used about 24 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	95.83%	23	72,767
Noun (proper)	4.17%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	24	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Marjoram

Expressions using "marjoram": common marjoram ♦ hop marjoram ♦ knotted marjoram ♦ pot marjoram ♦ sweet marjoram ♦ wild marjoram. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Marjoram

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
marjoram	76
agriculture marjoram	60
importer marjoram	15
marjoram seller	10
company list marjoram	7
buyer marjoram wholesale	7
sweet marjoram	6
marjoram recipe	3
marjoram picture	2
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Modern Translations: Marjoram

Language		Translations for "marjoram"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		manxuranë, borzilok (Basil). (various references)

Arabic		‏المردقوش نبات, ‏السمسق نبات, ‏العترة نبات. (various references)

Bulgarian		риган. (various references)

Chinese		墨�'兰. (various references)

Czech		majoránka. (various references)

Danish		vild merian (wild marjoram), havemerian (sweet marjoram), almindelig merian (wild marjoram). (various references)

Dutch		marjolein (majoram, sweet marjoram), wilde marjolein (wild marjoram). (various references)

Farsi		مرزنگوش(گ.ش.), مرزنجوش . (various references)

Finnish		meirami. (various references)

French		marjolaine (sweet marjoram). (various references)

German		majoran (majoram, sweet marjoram). (various references)

Greek		μαντζουράνα. (various references)

Hebrew		אזובית. (various references)

Hungarian		majoranna, majoránna. (various references)

Italian		maggiorana. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		マーケティング戦略 (mage, mah-jongg, margin, marginal cost, marginal man, marketing strategy, Marshall, Marshall Plan, merge). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		マージョラ� . (various references)

Manx		lus villish. (various references)

Pig Latin		arjorammay

Portuguese		potências navais. (various references)

Romanian		maghiran. (various references)

Russian		майоран. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		majoran. (various references)

Spanish		mejorana. (various references)

Swedish		mejram. (various references)

Turkish		mercanköşk (sweet marjoram). (various references)

Ukranian		материнка (oregano). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Marjoram

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Majorana hortensis, Majorana hortensis Moench, Origanum, Origanum majorana, Origanum majorana Linnaeus, Origanum vulgare, Origanum vulgare Linnaeus, Thymus mastichina l. (various references)
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Derivations & Misspellings: Marjoram

Derivations
	Words beginning with "marjoram": marjorams. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Marjoram" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: majoram, majorem, marjorams, marjorem, Marojama, mormorar. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Marjoram"

Words rhyming with "marjoram" (pronounced 'Mar"jo*ram'): Actinogram, Anemogram, Barogram, Bartram, Battering-ram, Cablegram, Cardiogram, Cartogram, Chronogram, Cryptogram, Dekagram, Digram, Epigram, hectogram, heliogram, hexagram, Hierogram, ideogram, Ihram, Joram, Lettergram, Lipogram, Lockram, logogram, Marconigram, Marram, Metergram, Myogram, Ondogram, Optogram, Oscillogram, Paragram, Parallelogram, Pentagram, Phlebogram, Phonogram, Photogram, Phraseogram, Polygram, program, Radiotelegram, Seismogram, Shram, spectrogram, Spectroheliogram, Sphenogram, Sphygmogram, Stereogram, tangram, Telautogram. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Marjoram

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-j-m-m-o-r-r"
	-1 letter: mojarra.
	-2 letters: marram.
	-3 letters: armor, aroma, joram, major.
	-4 letters: ajar, ammo, maar, mama, mora, orra, raja, roam, roar.
	-5 letters: ama, arm, jam, jar, mar, moa, mom, mor, oar, ora, raj, ram, rom.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-j-m-m-o-r-r"
	+1 letter: marjorams.
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