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Old 10-10-2006, 02:25 PM posted to sci.bio.botany
Philip Wright Philip Wright is offline
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Peter B wrote:
Interesting - I always thought that 'Oregano' is Italian and 'Marjoram' is
English for the Latin 'Origanum'. There is always something new.

Peter


I used to work in a four star restaurant and our head chef used to
say that oregano is a poor man's marjoram...

-Philip