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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. annual herb or southern Europe and eastern Asia having off-white flowers and aromatic seeds used medicinally and in curry;
[syn: fenugreek, Greek clover, Trigonella foenumgraecum]

2. aromatic seeds used as seasoning especially in curry;
[syn: fenugreek, fenugreek seed]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fenugreek \Fen"u*greek\ (? or ?), n. [L. faenum Graecum, lit., Greek hay: cf. F. fenugrec. Cf. Fennel.] (Bot.) A plant (trigonella F[oe]num Gr[ae]cum) 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). [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fenugreek n 1: annual herb or southern Europe and eastern Asia having off- white flowers and aromatic seeds used medicinally and in curry [syn: fenugreek, Greek clover, Trigonella foenumgraecum] 2: aromatic seeds used as seasoning especially in curry [syn: fenugreek, fenugreek seed]