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marjolaine

American

[mahr-juh-leyn, mar-zhaw-len] / ˌmɑr dʒəˈleɪn, mar ʒɔˈlɛn /

noun

(italics) marjoram.
a long, narrow cake with straight sides, usually consisting of layers of meringue and chocolate butter-cream and containing chopped nuts.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

marjolaines

plural

Etymology

Origin of marjolaine

< French; Old French majorane < Medieval Latin majorana; see marjoram

Example Sentences

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En ung jardin d'ombraige tout couvert, Au chaud du jour, ay treuv� Madalaine, Qui pr�s le pi� d'ung sicomorre vert Dormoit au bort d'une claire fontaine; Son lit estoit de thin et marjolaine.

From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

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