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cum·in    Audio Help   [kuhm-uhn, koom- or, often, koo-muhn, kyoo-] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a small plant, Cuminum cyminum, of the parsley family, bearing aromatic, seedlike fruit, used in cookery and medicine.
2.the fruit or seeds of this plant.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME comyn, cumin (< OF comin) < L cumīnum < Gk kýmīnon < Sem (cf. Ar kammūn, Heb kammōn cumin); r. OE cymen < L, as above]
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cum·in    Audio Help   (kŭm'ĭn, kōō'mĭn, kyōō'-)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. An annual Mediterranean herb (Cuminum cyminum) in the parsley family, having finely divided leaves and clusters of small white or pink flowers.
    2. The seedlike fruit of this plant used for seasoning, as in curry and chili powders.
  2. Black cumin.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin cumīnum, from Greek kumīnon, probably of Semitic origin; see kmn in Semitic roots.]

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cumin 
O.E. cymen, from L. cuminum, from Gk. kyminon, cognate with Heb. kammon, Ar. kammun.

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cumin

noun
1. dwarf Mediterranean annual long cultivated for its aromatic seeds 
2. aromatic seeds of the cumin herb of the carrot family 

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Cumin

Cu"mene\ (k?"m?n), n. [From Cumin.] (Chem.) A colorless oily hydrocarbon, C6H5.C3H7, obtained by the distillation of cuminic acid; -- called also cumol.

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