MAJORANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Majorana mean? 

• MAJORANA (noun)
  The noun MAJORANA has 1 sense:

1. small genus of herbs usually included in the genus Origanum

  Familiarity information: MAJORANA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAJORANA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of herbs usually included in the genus Origanum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Majorana; Majorana

Hypernyms ("Majorana" is a kind of...):

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Holonyms ("Majorana" is a member of...):

family Labiatae; family Lamiaceae; Labiatae; Lamiaceae; mint family (a large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including mint; thyme; sage; rosemary)