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Old 11-10-2006, 10:26 AM posted to sci.bio.botany
Peter B[_1_] Peter B[_1_] is offline
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Oh well! It just vindicates the use of the latin. If only I could
remember it all!

Peter

"Philip Wright" wrote in message
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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