Meaning

noun annual herb or southern Europe and eastern Asia having off-white flowers and aromatic seeds used medicinally and in curry

noun aromatic seeds used as seasoning especially in curry

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-der. Latin foenum Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós)bor. Latin graecus Latin foenum-graecum Old French fenigrecbor. Middle English fenygreke English fenugreek Inherited from Middle English fenygreke, borrowed from Old French fenigrec, from Latin foenum-graecum (literally “Greek hay”), from foenum (“hay”, variant of faenum) + graecus (“Greek”).

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