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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]