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fenugreek

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CIDE DICTIONARY

fenugreekn. [L. faenum Graecum, lit., Greek hay: cf. F. fenugrec. Cf. Fennel.].
     A plant (trigonella Fœnum Græcum) cultivated for its strong-smelling seeds, which are  J. Smith (Pop. Names of Plants, 1881).  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

fenugreek, n.
1 a leguminous plant, Trigonella foenum-graecum, having aromatic seeds.
2 these seeds used as flavouring, esp. ground and used in curry powder.

Etymology
OE fenogrecum, superseded in ME f. OF fenugrec f. L faenugraecum (fenum graecum Greek hay), used by the Romans as fodder

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