cumin

cumin
[ˈkjuːmɪn]
(亦作 cumin)
noun
[mass noun]
  1. the aromatic seeds of a plant of the parsley family, used as a spice, especially ground and used in curry powder
    莳萝子;小茴香子
  2. the small slender plant which bears this fruit, occurring from the Mediterranean to central Asia
    莳萝;土茴香
  3. Cuminum cyminum, family Umbelliferae
    拉丁名Cuminum cyminum,伞形科
语源
  1. Old English cymen, from Latin cuminum, from Greek kuminon, probably of Semitic origin and related to Hebrew kammōn and Arabic kammūn; superseded in Middle English by forms from Old French cumon, comin, also from Latin
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