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Fenugreek

noun

Annual herb or southern Europe and eastern Asia having off-white flowers and aromatic seeds used medicinally and in curry. Synonyms: Greek clover, Trigonella foenumgraecum.

Aromatic seeds used as seasoning especially in curry. Synonym: fenugreek seed.

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"Fenugreek" Quotes from Famous Books

... short foot-stalks. The branches are hard and woody, like those of broom. The whole plant seldom exceeds a yard high, and its stem, at the biggest in the third year, does not much exceed the size of a man's thumb. The seed is enclosed in a small pod about an inch long, and resembles fenugreek, only that it is blunter at both ends, as if cut off with a knife. The flower is small, and like hearts-ease. The seed is ripe in November, and is then gathered. When sown, the herb continues three years on the ground, and is cut every year in August or September, ...

— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. VIII. • Robert Kerr

... has not been investigated, but, according to Zwaardemaker, artificially produced odors (like cadaverin) resemble it. The odor of the leguminous fenugreek, a botanical friend considers, closely approaches the odor given off in some cases by the armpit in women. It is noteworthy that fenugreek contains cumarine, which imparts its fragrance to new-mown hay and to various flowers ...

— Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 (of 6) • Havelock Ellis

Words linked to "Fenugreek" : Trigonella foenumgraecum, Greek clover, seasoner, flavoring, flavourer, seasoning, herb, herbaceous plant, flavouring, fenugreek seed, flavorer, genus Trigonella, Trigonella