any plant of the herbaceous aromatic Mediterranean genus Origanum: family Lamiaceae
oregano, marjoram, dittany (sense 1)
Word origin
New Latin, from Greek origanon wild marjoram
Examples of 'origanum' in a sentence
origanum
Origanum vulgare was used as an effective herbal for infertility treatment in traditional medicine.
Seddighe Bagheri Ziari, Tahere Naji, Homayoun Hosseinzade Sahafi 2015, 'Comparison and evaluation the ultra-structural changes in the oocyte and pituitaryin immature Trichogaster trichopterus treated with LHRH- A2, 17beta-estradiol andhydroalcoholic extract of air branch of Origanum vulgare', یافتههای نوین در علوم زیستیhttp://nbr.khu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-2-25&slc_lang=en&sid=1. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Origanum species are significant aromatic and medicinal plants used in food and pharmaceutical industries.
Mahfuz Elmastas, Süleyman Muhammed Celik, Nusret Genc, Hüseyin Aksit, Ramazan Erenler,İlhami Gulcin 2018, 'Antioxidant activity of an anatolian herbal tea—Origanum minutiflorum: isolation andcharacterization of its secondary metabolites', International Journal of Food Propertieshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10942912.2017.1416399. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Simultaneous application of origanum oil and thyme oil enhanced their antimicrobial activities against conidial germination and fungal mycelial growth.
Jin Young Park, Su Hyeon Kim, Na Hee Kim, Sang Woo Lee, Yong-Chull Jeun, Jeum KyuHong 2017, 'Differential Inhibitory Activities of Four Plant Essential Oils on In Vitro Growthof Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. fragariae Causing Fusarium Wilt in Strawberry Plants',The Plant Pathology Journalhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5720605. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)