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marjoram

/ˈmɑːd͡ʒ(ə)ɹəm/US/ˈmɑɹd͡ʒəɹəm/

marjoram noun: a herb of the mint family, Origanum majorana, having aromatic leaves.

marjoram: a herb of the mint family, Origanum majorana, having aromatic leaves
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Noun

marjoram (countable and uncountable, plural marjorams)

  1. A herb of the mint family, Origanum majorana, having aromatic leaves.
    • The Lillie I condemned for thy hand, / And buds of marierom had ſtolne thy haire1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 99”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC
    • Among the ancients, especially the Romans, marjoram was known to have an aphrodisiac value.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 173
    Synonyms:
    amaracus
  2. The leaves of this plant, especially dried, used in flavouring food.

Proper noun capitalized: Marjoram

Marjoram

  1. A surname.

marjoram meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Punjabi

marjoram in Hindi

plant
मरुआ maruā

marjoram in Tamil

marjoram
மரு maru

marjoram in Kannada

plant
ಮರುಗ maruga

marjoram in Punjabi

plant
ਮਰੂਆ marūā
More languagesFewer languages
marjoram in Tagalog
mehorana
marjoram in Arabic
مَرْدَقُوش mardaqūš, بَرْدَقُوش bardaqūš, مَرْزَنْجُوش marzanjūš

Synonyms of marjoram

Forms of marjoram

pluralmarjorams
alternative form (obsolete)marjorum
alternative form (obsolete)marierom

Origin of marjoram

From Old French majorane, from Medieval Latin maiōrana.

Words formed from marjoram

Questions about marjoram

What does marjoram mean?
Marjoram means a herb of the mint family, Origanum majorana, having aromatic leaves.
What is marjoram in Hindi?
Marjoram in Hindi is मरुआ (maruā). See Marjoram meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is marjoram?
Marjoram can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce marjoram?
Marjoram is pronounced /ˈmɑːd͡ʒ(ə)ɹəm/ (UK).
What is the plural of marjoram?
The plural of marjoram is marjorams.

Words near marjoram in the dictionary

  1. marjals
  2. Marjie
  3. Marjing
  4. Marjit
  5. Marjolaine
  6. marjoram
  7. marjorams
  8. marjoret
  9. marjorets
  10. Marjoribanks
  11. Marjorie

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Adapted from Wiktionary: marjoram (page history and authors); Marjoram (page history and authors); மரு (Tamil) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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