▪ I. marum Obs. exc. arch.
(ˈmɛərəm)
[a. L. marum, ad. Gr. µάρον.]
A name for two aromatic labiate plants (natives of Spain, etc.), Thymus Mastichina or herb mastic, and Teucrium Marum or cat-thyme, formerly used Med. as errhines.
| 1664 Evelyn Kal. Hort. Apr. (1679) 15 Slip and set Marums. 1693 tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), Marum, an Exotic Plant, like in Figure and Vertue to Marjoram. 1707 Mortimer Husb. (1721) II. 151 Mastick Tyme or Marum is increased by slips. 1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp., Mastichina,..the herb mastic, or garden marum. 1774 Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1862) I. iv. i. 357 The cat is excessively fond of some plants, such as valerian, marum, and cat-mint. 1834 Landor Exam. Shaks. Wks. 1853 II. 268/1 No kitten upon a bed of marum ever played such antics. |
▪ II. marum
variant of marram, beach grass.