caraway
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
caraway /ˈkarəweɪ/
▶noun
- 1 the seeds of a plant of the parsley family, used for flavouring and as a source of oil.
- 2 the white-flowered Mediterranean plant which bears caraway seeds. [Carum carvi.]
– origin ME: from med. L. carui, from Arab. alkarāwiyā, prob. from Gk karon ‘cumin’.
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