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Marjoram

Marjoram (; Origanum majorana) is a cold-sensitive perennial herb or undershrub with sweet pine and citrus flavours. In some Middle Eastern countries, marjoram is synonymous with oregano, and there the names sweet marjoram and knotted marjoram are used to distinguish it from other plants of the genus Origanum.

Mint

A place where the coins of a country are manufactured by authority of the government.

Marjoram

A perennial Mediterranean plant (Origanum majorana) in the mint family, having small, purplish to white flowers and opposite leaves. Also called sweet marjoram.

Mint

A place or source of manufacture or invention.

Marjoram

The leaves of this plant used as a seasoning.

Mint

An abundant amount, especially of money.
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Marjoram

A herb of the mint family, Origanum majorana, having aromatic leaves.

Mint

A member of the mint family.

Marjoram

The leaves of this plant used in flavouring food.

Mint

Any of various rhizomatous plants of the genus Mentha of the mint family, characteristically having nearly regular white or purple flowers. Some species are cultivated for their aromatic oil and foliage.

Marjoram

A genus of mintlike plants (Origanum) comprising about twenty-five species. The sweet marjoram (Origanum Majorana) is pecularly aromatic and fragrant, and much used in cookery. The wild marjoram of Europe and America is Origanum vulgare, far less fragrant than the other.

Mint

The leaves of some of these plants, used as a seasoning.
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Marjoram

Aromatic Eurasian perennial

Mint

Any of various similar or related plants, such as the stone mint.

Marjoram

Pungent leaves used as seasoning with meats and fowl and in stews and soups and omelets

Mint

A candy flavored with natural or artificial mint flavoring.

Mint

To produce (money) by stamping metal; coin.

Mint

To invent or fabricate
A phrase that was minted for one occasion.

Mint

Undamaged as if freshly minted
The painting was in mint condition.

Mint

A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.

Mint

(informal) A vast sum of money; (by extension) a large amount of something.
That house is worth a mint.
It must have cost a mint to produce!
To make a mint

Mint

(figuratively) Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.

Mint

Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.

Mint

The flavouring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.

Mint

Any plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae.

Mint

A green colour, like that of mint.

Mint

A mint-flavored candy, often eaten to sweeten the smell of the breath.

Mint

Intent, purpose; an attempt, try; effort, endeavor.

Mint

(transitive) To reproduce (coins), usually en masse, under licence.

Mint

To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.

Mint

To create a crypto token.

Mint

To try, attempt; take aim.

Mint

To try, attempt, endeavor; to take aim at; to try to hit; to purpose.

Mint

To hint; suggest; insinuate.

Mint

(with condition) Like new.
In mint condition

Mint

In near-perfect condition; uncirculated.

Mint

(philately) Unused with original gum; as issued originally.

Mint

Very good.

Mint

Attractive; beautiful; handsome.

Mint

Of a green colour, like that of the mint plant.

Mint

The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the genus Mentha, yielding odoriferous essential oils by distillation. See Mentha.

Mint

A place where money is coined by public authority.

Mint

Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.
A mint of phrases in his brain.

Mint

A large quantity of money; as, to make a mint in stock trading.

Mint

To make by stamping, as money; to coin; to make and stamp into money.

Mint

To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.
Titles . . . of such natures as may be easily minted.

Mint

Like new; in brand-new condition; unworn, as a coin recently made at a mint{1}; as, he had a '53 Cadillac in mint condition.

Mint

Uncirculated; in the same condition as when it was freshly coined at the mint{1}.

Mint

(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
A batch of letters
A deal of trouble
A lot of money
He made a mint on the stock market
It must have cost plenty

Mint

Any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic leaves and small mauve flowers

Mint

The leaves of a mint plant used fresh or candied

Mint

A candy that is flavored with a mint oil

Mint

A plant where money is coined by authority of the government

Mint

Form by stamping, punching, or printing;
Strike coins
Strike a medal

Mint

As if new;
In mint condition

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