Oregano

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Oregano has a woody, somewhat minty and not unpleasantly bitter taste, and is commonly used for tomato sauces, fried vegetables, some soups, egg or cheese dishes, and stuffings, and used as seasoning on various meat.

Oregano and basil are two major spices in Italian cuisine, and is also used in Greek, Mexican, and Spanish cooking.

Oregano is one of the plants of the Oreganum family, which from a culinary aspect most importantly includes oregano and Marjoram. Confusingly, this family as a whole is sometimes referred to as origano.

In various languages

• English: Oregano

• Dutch: Oregano (also, tehcnically wilde marjolein is oregano, echte marjolein is marjoram, but these are not commonly used names)