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"p. pleater" writes:
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| Are Oregano and Marjoram, Italian and French names for the same thing?

Yes, but that's not what you meant to ask!

In the UK, the words usually refer to different species, though I
believe that oregano is a southern European variety of the native
British plant wild marjoram (Origanum vulgare) - just to confuse
things. Anyway, the one called marjoram in the kitchen is sweet
marjoram (which now seems to be called Origanum majorana). There
are half a dozen other species of Origanum used in cooking, too.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.