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Sweet marjoram   /swit mˈɑdʒərəm/   Listen
Sweet marjoram

noun
1.
Aromatic European plant native to Mediterranean and Turkey; not widespread in Europe.  Synonyms: knotted marjoram, Majorana hortensis, Origanum majorana.






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"Sweet marjoram" Quotes from Famous Books



... ban of fear, but Master Busy vowed unto himself that she was suffering from ill-concealed melancholy, from some hidden secret or wild romance. She seldom laughed, she had spoken with discourtesy and impatience to Squire Pyncheon, who rode over the other day on purpose to bring her a bunch of sweet marjoram which grew in great profusion in his mother's garden: she markedly avoided the company of her guardian, and wandered about the park alone, at all hours of the day—a proceeding which in a young lady of ...
— The Nest of the Sparrowhawk • Baroness Orczy

... was suffering from ill-concealed melancholy, from some hidden secret or wild romance. She seldom laughed, she had spoken with discourtesy and impatience to Squire Pyncheon, who rode over the other day on purpose to bring her a bunch of sweet marjoram which grew in great profusion in his mother's garden: she markedly avoided the company of her guardian, and wandered about the park alone, at all hours of the day—a proceeding which in a young lady of ...
— The Nest of the Sparrowhawk • Baroness Orczy

... pounds. A pound of the fat of bacon or corned pork. The marrow from the bone of the beef, chopped together A quarter of a pound of beef-suet, / Two bundles of pot herbs, parsley, thyme, small onions, &c. chopped fine. Two large bunches of sweet marjoram,sufficient when powdered to make Two bunches of sweet basil, /make four table-spoonfuls of each. Two large nutmegs, Half an ounce of cloves } beaten to a powder. Half an ounce of mace, / One table-spoonful of salt. ...
— Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry Cakes, and Sweetmeats • Miss Leslie

... countrified looking and tanned than those seen in the meadows about our town. Lonely and sun-scorched, Chaumes seemed to me the very threshold of Limoise: it had its very odor, the mingled scent of wild thyme and sweet marjoram. ...
— The Story of a Child • Pierre Loti

... chopped onions, One bunch of potherbs, One teaspoonful of sweet marjoram, Six cloves, Five ...
— Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book - Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions • Mary A. Wilson



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