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amaracus

amaracus noun: marjoram.

Noun

amaracus (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Marjoram.
    • Then to the bower they came, / Naked they came to that smooth-swarded bower, / And at their feet the crocus brake like fire, / Violet, amaracus, and asphodel, / Lotos and lilies: and a wind arose, / And overhead the wandering ivy and vine, / This way and that, in many a wild festoon / Ran riot...1842, Tennyson, “Oenone”, in The Lady of Shallot and other poems

Origin of amaracus

From Latin amāracus.

Questions about amaracus

What does amaracus mean?
Amaracus means marjoram.
What part of speech is amaracus?
Amaracus is a noun.

Words near amaracus in the dictionary

  1. Amaqua
  2. Amar
  3. Amar Opening
  4. Amara
  5. Amara's law
  6. amaracus
  7. Amarag
  8. Amarakaeri
  9. amarant
  10. amarantaceous
  11. Amarante

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