Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Fenugreek"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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).
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fenugreek
n 1: annual herb or southern Europe and eastern Asia having
off-white flowers and aromatic seeds used medicinally
and in curry [syn: {Greek clover}, {Trigonella
foenumgraecum}]
2: aromatic seeds used as seasoning especially in curry [syn: {fenugreek
seed}]
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