[kuhm-uh
n, koom- or, often, koo-muhn, kyoo-] 
| 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. |
| cum·in (kŭm'ĭn, kōō'mĭn, kyōō'-) n.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin cumīnum, from Greek kumīnon, probably of Semitic origin; see kmn in Semitic roots.] |