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Mace (Spices) = Myristica fragrans.

MACIS (French, Italian) = Mace (Spices).

MAGGI (Italian) = Lovage (Spices).

MAGGIKRAUT (German) = Lovage (Spices).

MAGGIORANA (Italian) = SWEET MARJORAM.

Mahlab (Spices) = Prunus mahaleb.

MAHLEB = Mahlab (Spices)

MAHLEP (Turkish) = Mahlab (Spices)

MAJERANEK (Polish) = SWEET MARJORAM.

MAJERANEK, DJIKI (Polish) = OREGAN0/WILD MARJORAM

MAJORAN (German) = MARJORAM.

MAK KAM (Thailand) = TAMARIND.

MÁKOS (Hungarian) = POPPY SEED.

Malabathrum (Spices) = Cinnamomum tamala.

MALÖRT (Swedish) = WORMWOOD.

MANGO POWDER = Manigifera indica. [we do not at present carry this].

Manigifera indica = MANGO POWDER.

MARATHRON (ancient Greek) = Fennel Seed (Spices).

MARCH SEED = Celery Seed (Spices).

MÄREK (German) = HORSERADISH.

MARIENGRAS (Austria) = WOODRUFF.

MARIGOLD (in European cooking) = Calendula (Pot Marigold) (Spices).

MARIGOLD, POT = Calendula (Pot Marigold) (Spices).

MARJORAM. There are three varieties of marjoram: 1] Sweet or knotted marjoram = Origanum majorana; 2] Pot or French marjoram = Origanum onites; and 3] Wild marjoram = Origanum vulgare. This last is the variety which is known in Italian as OREGANO.

MARJORAM, MEXICAN = Mexican Oregano (Spices).

MARJORLAINE SAUVAGE (French) = OREGANO.

Marrubium vulgare = Horehound (Spices).

MARZANNA (Polish) = WOODRUFF.

Mastic Gum (Spices) = Pistacia lentiscus.

MASTIHA (Greek) = Mastic Gum (Spices).

MASTIC TREE, PERUVIAN = berries are Pink Pepper (Spices).

MASTIX (ancient Rome) = Mastic Gum (Spices).

MAW SEED = POPPY SEED.

MECCA BALSAM = BALM OF GILEAD.

MEERRETTICH (German) = HORSERADISH.

MEJORANA (Spanish) = Sweet MARJORAM.

MELEGUETA = Grains of Paradise (Spices).

MELEGUETA PEPPER = Grains of Paradise (Spices).

MELISA (Polish) = LEMON BALM.

MELILOT = Melilotus officinalis. The dried aromatic leaves and flowers are used in marinades and stews. [we do not at present carry this].

Melilotus officinalis = MELILOT.

MENTA (ancient Rome) = MINT.

MENTA (Italian) = MINT.

MENTA PEPERITA (Italian) = PEPPERMINT.

MENTA VERDE (Spanish) = Spearmint (Spices).

MENTA VERTE (Italian) = Spearmint (Spices).

Mentha longifolia = HORSE MINT.

Mentha piperita = PEPPERMINT.

Mentha pulegium = Pennyroyal (Spices).

Mentha rotifundifolia = APPLE MINT, or ROUND LEAVED MINT.

Mentha spicata = Spearmint (Spices).

MENTHE (French) = MINT.

MENTHE POIVRÉE (French) = PEPPERMINT.

MENTHE VERTE (French) = Spearmint (Spices).

MENTHE DE NOTRE-DAME (French) = Pennyroyal (Spices).

MERCAN KÖÞK (Turkish) = MARJORAM.

MERSÝN YAPRAÐI (Turkish) = Myrtle Leaf (Spices).

METHI (India) = leaves (not seeds) of FENUGREEK.

MEXICAN MARJORAM = Mexican Oregano (Spices).

Mexican Oregano (Spices) = Lippia graveolens.

MEXICAN SAFFRON = SAFFLOWER.

MEXICAN WILD SAGE = Mexican Oregano (Spices).

MEYAN KÖKÜ (Turkish) = Licorice Sticks (Comfits).

MIETA (Polish) = MINT.

MIETA PIEPRZOWA (Polish) = PEPPERMINT.

MIETA POLEJ (Polish) = Pennyroyal (Spices).

MIGNONETTE PEPPER, widely used in France, is a mixture of equal parts of black and white peppercorns, crushed or coarsely ground.

MINT. The variety of mint commonly used in earlier times was Spearmint (Spices). The earliest record of PEPPERMINT was in 1696. Other varieties of mint are APPLE MINT and HORSE MINT.

MIRA (Polish) = Myrrh Gum (Sweet Scents).

MIRRA (Italian) = Myrrh Gum (Sweet Scents).

MIRTO (Italian) = MYRTLE.

MOHN (German) = POPPY SEED.

MOSCATO (Italian) = Nutmeg (Spices).

MOSS, IBERIAN = CARRAGEEN.

MOSS, PEARL = CARRAGEEN.

MOSS, SEA = CARRAGEEN.

MOSTAZA (Spanish) = MUSTARD SEED, in general.

MOTHER OF THYME = WILD THYME.

MOUTARDE (French) = MUSTARD SEED, in general.

MOUTARDE DES ALLEMANDS (French) = HORSERADISH.

MOUTARDE NOIR (French) = Black Mustard Seed (Spices).

MUGWORT = Artemesia vulgaris [we do not at present carry this].

Murraya koenigii = CURRY LEAF.

MUSKAT (Turkish) = Nutmeg (Spices).

MUSKATBLÜTE (German) = Nutmeg (Spices).

MUSKATNUSS (German) = Nutmeg (Spices).

MUSKOTBLOMMA (Swedish) = Nutmeg (Spices).

MUSKOTNÖT (Swedish) = Nutmeg (Spices).

MUSTARD, BLACK = Black Mustard Seed (Spices).

MUSTARD, GARLIC = GARLIC MUSTARD.

MUSTARD, INDIAN = BROWN MUSTARD SEED.

MUSTARD, POOR MAN'S = GARLIC MUSTARD.

MUSTARD, RUSSIAN = BROWN MUSTARD SEED.

MUSTARD, SAREPTA = BROWN MUSTARD SEED.

Mustard Seed (Black) (Spices) = Brassica nigra.

MUSTARD SEED, BROWN = Brassica juncea. [we do not at present carry this].

Mustard Seed (Yellow )(Spices) = Sinapis alba.

MUSTARD SEED, WHITE = Mustard seed (Yellow) (Spices).

MUSTARDH (med. Norway) = MUSTARD.

MUTTER KÜMMEL (German) = Cumin Seed (Spices).

MYRRH = Myrrh Gum (Sweet Scents).

MYRRH, BRITISH = SWEET CICELY.

Myrrh Gum (Sweet Scents) = Commiphora mirrha.

MYRRHE (French, German) = Myrrh Gum (Sweet Scents).

Myrrhis odorata = SWEET CICELY.

MYRTLE = Myrtus communis. Both aromatic leaves and berries of this evergreen shrub were used in ancient Roman cookery. Myrtle Leaf (Spices) may be used in place of BAY LEAVES.

MYRTLE, BOG = SWEET GALE.

MYRTLE, DUTCH = SWEET GALE.

MYRTLE PEPPER = Allspice (Spices).

Myrtus communis = MYRTLE.

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