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Origanum vulgare L.
Engl.: wild marjoram, common marjoram, European oregano, joy of the mountain, oregano, perennial marjoram, pot marjoram, Turkish oregano, wild oregano, winter oregano, wintersweet.
Deu.: Dost, Gemeiner Dost, Badkraut, Brauner Dost, Costenz, Dorant, Dosten, Maran, Mutterkraut, Schusterkraut, Staudenmajoran, Wilder Majoran, Wohlgemut.
Fran.: marjolaine sauvage, origan, origan vulgaire.
Sven.: kungsmynta, dosta, koning, konungagräs, oregano, spansk humla, vild mejram.
Suom.: mäkimeirami, metsämeirami, oregano.
Bot. syn.: Origanum creticum L.

Pre-Linnaean: The English flora, 1825, by Sir James Edward Smith:
O. vulgare. Linn. Sp. P1.824. Willd. v. 3. 135. Fl. Br. 639. Engl. Bot. v. 16. t. 1143. Curt. Lond. fasc. 5. t.39. Woodv. t. 164. Hook. Scot. 184. Fl. Dan. t.1581. Bull. Fr. t. 193. Matth. Valgr. v. 2. 62. f. Camer. Epit. 469. f. Dalech. Hist. 887. f. Ehrh. Pl. Of. 88.
Origanum n. 233. Hall. Hist.v. 1.102.
Origanum vulgare spontaneum. Raii Syn. 236,
Origanum anglicum. Ger. Em. 666. f.
Origanum sylvestre, seu vulgare. Fuchs. Hist. 552. f. Ic. 315. f.
Origanum. Riv. Monop. Irr. t. 60. f. 1.