Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Marjoram \Mar"jo*ram\, n. [OE. majoran, F. marjolaine, LL.
   marjoraca, fr. L. amaracus, amaracum, Gr. ?, ?.] (Bot.)
   A genus of mintlike plants ({Origanum}) comprising about
   twenty-five species. The sweet marjoram ({O. Majorana}) is
   pecularly aromatic and fragrant, and much used in cookery.
   The wild marjoram of Europe and America is {O. vulgare}, far
   less fragrant than the other.