mejorana

English

Noun

mejorana (plural mejoranas)

1. Synonym of mejoranera (“musical instrument”)

Spanish

Origanum majorana

Etymology

From older mayorana, majorana, from Medieval Latin maiorana, q.v. (compare French marjolaine, Italian maggiorana and Portuguese manjerona).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mexoˈɾana/ [me.xoˈɾa.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: me‧jo‧ra‧na

Noun

mejorana f (plural mejoranas)

1. marjoram (Origanum majorana)

   Synonyms: mayorana, almoraduj

2. mastic thyme, Spanish wood marjoram, Thymus mastichina

See also

• Origanum majorana on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es
• Thymus mastichina on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Further reading

• “mejorana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28