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origan

origan is the alternative form of oregano.

Meaning of oregano

Noun

oregano (usually uncountable, plural oreganos)

  1. (usually) A herb of the mint family, Origanum vulgare, having aromatic leaves.
    Synonyms:
    wild marjoram
  2. (usually) Other herbs with a similar flavor, including other species in the genus Origanum, and Mexican oregano, Lippia graveolens.
  3. (usually) The leaves of these plants used in flavouring food.

Questions about origan

What is origan the alternative form of?
Origan is the alternative form of oregano.

Words near origan in the dictionary

  1. origamiing
  2. origamilike
  3. origamis
  4. origamist
  5. origamists
  6. origan
  7. origane
  8. origanum
  9. origanums
  10. Origen
  11. Origenian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: origan (page history and authors); oregano (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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