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Mar"jo*ram (mär"j&osl;*ram),
n. [OE. majoran, F. marjolaine, LL.
marjoraca, fr. L. amaracus, amaracum, Gr.
'ama`rakos, 'ama`rakon.] (Bot.) A
genus of mintlike plants (Origanum) comprising about twenty-
five species. The sweet marjoram (O. Majorana) is pecularly
aromatic and fragrant, and much used in cookery. The wild marjoram
of Europe and America is O. vulgare, far less fragrant than
the other.

Mark (märk), n. A license of
reprisals. See Marque.

Mark, n. [See 2d Marc.]
1. An old weight and coin. See
Marc. "Lend me a mark." Chaucer.

2. The unit of monetary account of the German
Empire, equal to 23.8 cents of United States money; the equivalent of
one hundred pfennigs. Also, a silver coin of this value.

Mark, n. [OE.


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