cumin

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cumin /ˈkjuːmɪn/ (also cummin)

▶noun

• 1 the aromatic seeds of a plant of the parsley family, used as a spice.

• 2 the plant which bears cumin seeds, occurring from the Mediterranean to central Asia. [Cuminum cyminum.]

– origin OE cymen, OFr. cumon, comin, from L. cuminum, from Gk kuminon, prob. of Semitic origin.