Origin vs. Oregano: What's the Difference?
Origin and Oregano Definitions
Origin
The point at which something comes into existence or from which it derives or is derived.
Oregano
A perennial Eurasian herb (Origanum vulgare) in the mint family, having aromatic leaves. Also called wild marjoram.
Origin
Often origins Ancestry
"We cannot escape our origins, however hard we try" (James Baldwin).
Oregano
The leaves of this plant used as a seasoning.
Origin
The fact of originating; rise or derivation
The rumor had its origin in an impulsive remark.
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Oregano
A herb of the mint family, Origanum vulgare, having aromatic leaves.
Origin
(Anatomy) The point of attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during contraction.
Oregano
Other herbs with a similar flavor, including other species in the genus Origanum, and Mexican oregano, Lippia graveolens
Origin
(Mathematics) The point of intersection of coordinate axes, as in the Cartesian coordinate system.
Oregano
The leaves of these plants used in flavouring food.
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Origin
The beginning of something.
Oregano
Aromatic Eurasian perennial
Origin
The source of a river, information, goods, etc.
Oregano
Pungent leaves used as seasoning with meats and fowl and in stews and soups and omelets
Origin
(mathematics) The point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect.
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Origin
(anatomy) The proximal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will not be moved by the action of that muscle.
Origin
(cartography) An arbitrary point on Earth's surface, chosen as the zero for a system of coordinates.
Origin
(in the plural) Ancestry.
Origin
The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth.
This mixed system of opinion and sentiment had its origin in the ancient chivalry.
Origin
That from which anything primarily proceeds; the fountain; the spring; the cause; the occasion.
Origin
The point of attachment or end of a muscle which is fixed during contraction; - in contradistinction to insertion.
I think he would have set out just as he did, with the origin of ideas - the proper starting point of a grammarian, who is to treat of their signs.
Famous Greece,That source of art and cultivated thoughtWhich they to Rome, and Romans hither, brought.
Origin
The place where something begins, where it springs into being;
The Italian beginning of the Renaissance
Jupiter was the origin of the radiation
Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River
Communism's Russian root
Origin
Properties attributable to your ancestry;
He comes from good origins
Origin
An event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
Origin
The point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero
Origin
The descendants of one individual;
His entire lineage has been warriors
