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单词 mexican oregano
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Mexican oregano
1. More fully Mexican oregano. Any of several tropical American shrubs of the genus Lippia (family Verbenaceae), esp. L. graveolens; (also) the aromatic leaves of these shrubs, used as a seasoning.
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1889 S. Watson in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1888–9 24 67 Lippia (Zapania) Palmeri... ‘Origano’; with a strong sage-like odor and used as a pot-herb.
1899 Contrib. U.S. National Herbarium 5 226 Lippia spp. Oregano. The leaves of oregano are very much used to flavor food.
1899 Contrib. U.S. National Herbarium 5 227 The name ‘oregano’ seems to be a generic term applied to the leaves thus used of several species of Lippia.
1969 F. Rosengarten Bk. Spices 276 The pungent Mexican oregano, indigenous to the warmer areas of the Western Hemisphere, is of the genus Lippia... The milder European oregano..is of one of several species of Origanum native to the Mediterranean region, principally Origanum vulgare L.
1987 D. J. Mabberley Plant-bk. at Lippia Some with lvs used as tea, others as ‘oregano’ in C & S Am.
2002 Horticulture July 54/1 Another heat-loving oregano impersonator is Lippia graveolens, or Mexican oregano. A member of the verbena family..this plant bears foliage with a penetrating camphor taste.
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