Fenugreek

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]