ORIGANUM
\ˈɒɹɪɡˌanəm], \ˈɒɹɪɡˌanəm], \ˈɒ_ɹ_ɪ_ɡ_ˌa_n_ə_m]\
Definitions of ORIGANUM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A genus of aromatic labiate plants, including the sweet marjoram (O. Marjorana) and the wild marjoram (O. vulgare).
By Oddity Software
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A genus of aromatic labiate plants, including the sweet marjoram (O. Marjorana) and the wild marjoram (O. vulgare).
By Noah Webster.
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This plant resembles marjoram in smell; and has a pungent taste, much like thyme. It is aromatic and stimulant; and its oil possesses the properties of the essential oils in general. The oil, Oleum origani (Ph. U. S.), is very pungent, and is rarely given internally. It is used in toothache.
By Robley Dunglison
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[Latin] A genus of plants of the Labiatae. O. vulgare, wild marjoram, and its volatile oil (Oleum origani) are used as local stimulants and anodynes in inflammation, neuralgia, etc., and the oil is used as a clarifying agent in microscopy. O. Majorana (Majorana hortensis), sweet marjoram, is used as a condiment. It contains a volatile oil (Oleum majoranae).
By Alexander Duane
