Crossword clues for fenugreek
fenugreek
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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).
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
leguminous plant in western Asia and North Africa, Old English fenograecum, from Latin faenugraecum, literally "Greek hay," from faenum (see fennel) + Graecum (see Greek). The modern form in English is from Middle French fenugrec.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A leguminous plant, (taxlink Trigonella foenum-graecum species noshow=1), eaten as a vegetable and with seeds used as a spice. 2 The seeds of this plant, used as a spice (especially in Indian and Thai cooking).
WordNet
n. 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]
aromatic seeds used as seasoning especially in curry [syn: fenugreek seed]
Wikipedia
Fenugreek (; Trigonella foenum-graecum) is an annual plant in the family Fabaceae, with leaves consisting of three small obovate to oblong leaflets. It is cultivated worldwide as a semiarid crop, and its seeds are a common ingredient in dishes from the Indian subcontinent.
Usage examples of "fenugreek".
More and more people seemed to be walking, which was a shame, because when your wife sends you out to get fenugreek at 4:00 p.
And the beards of the mullets that he ordered to be served were so large that they were brought on, in place of cress or parsley or pickled beans or fenugreek, in well-filled bowls and disk-shaped platters -- a particularly amazing performance.
If we had about six jars of beans sprouting then we could rotate them and have something different every day: things like mung beans, aduki beans, fenugreek and chick peas.
Rich aromas of onion, fenugreek, nutmeg, and cardamon hung over it like a steamy cloud.
The close search of Superintendent Sneath of the premises on and about Argyll Court, Primrose Alley, Fenugreek Close and Salem Yard uncovered a sodden mass of human clay lying part in and part out of a pool of muck far under the notorious Archways.
Coltsfoot and fenugreek, sage and wormwood, betony, fennel, hock and melilot were all said to be efficacious, at times.
If we had about six jars of beans sprouting then we could rotate them and have something different every day: things like mung beans, aduki beans, fenugreek and chick peas.
He can tell what spices you've been eating, anything from bell peppers to fenugreek, and everything in between.
As she kneaded in the condiments - tarragon, fenugreek, bits of the long yellow root she had called wild horseradish - she kept up a constant flow of banter and explanation.