oregano
noun/ˌɒrɪˈɡɑːnəʊ/
/əˈreɡənəʊ/
[uncountable]- a plant with leaves that have a sweet smell and are used in cooking as a herbTopics Foodc2Word Originlate 18th cent.: from Spanish, variant of origanum, from Greek origanon, perhaps from oros ‘mountain’ + ganos ‘brightness’.
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