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Webster 1913 Edition


Fenugreek

Fen′u-greek

(? or ?)
,
Noun.
[L.
faenum Graecum
, lit., Greek hay: cf. F.
fenugrec
. Cf.
Fennel
.]
(Bot.)
A plant (
trigonella Fœnum Græcum
) cultivated for its strong-smelling seeds, which are
“now only used for giving false importance to horse medicine and damaged hay.”
J. Smith (Pop. Names of Plants, 1881).

Webster 1828 Edition


Fenugreek

FEN'UGREEK

,
Noun.
[L. faenum graecum.] A plant of the genus Trigonella.

Definition 2024


fenugreek

fenugreek

English

Noun

Fenugreek seeds

fenugreek (usually uncountable, plural fenugreeks)

  1. A leguminous plant, Trigonella foenum-graecum, eaten as a vegetable and with seeds used as a spice.
  2. The seeds of this plant, used as a spice (especially in Indian and Thai cooking).

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