Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Origan \Or"i*gan\, Origanum \O*rig"a*num\, n. [L. origanum, Gr.
   ?, ?, prob. fr. 'o`ros, mountain + ? brightness, beauty. Cf.
   {Organy}.] (Bot.)
   A genus of aromatic labiate plants, including the sweet
   marjoram ({O. Marjorana}) and the wild marjoram ({O.
   vulgare}). --Spenser.