Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An annual Mediterranean herb (Cuminum cyminum) in the parsley family, having finely divided leaves and clusters of small white or pink flowers.
- noun The seedlike fruit of this plant used for seasoning, as in curry and chili powders.
- noun Black cumin.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fennel-like umbelliferous plant, Cuminum Cyminum.
- noun The fruit of this plant, commonly called
cumin-seed . - noun A name of several plants of other genera.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A dwarf umbelliferous plant, somewhat resembling fennel (
Cuminum Cyminum ), cultivated for its seeds, which have a bitterish, warm taste, with an aromatic flavor, and are used like those of anise and caraway. - noun (Bot.) a plant (
Nigella sativa ) with pungent seeds, used by the Afghans, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
flowering plant Cuminum cyminum, in the familyApiaceae - noun Its aromatic long
seed , used as aspice , notably inIndian andMexican cookery .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun dwarf Mediterranean annual long cultivated for its aromatic seeds
- noun aromatic seeds of the cumin herb of the carrot family
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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We're not in the north where the cumin is more predominant.
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We're not in the north where the cumin is more predominant.
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I made this bread-machine recipe for light rye bread today, and mistakenly put in cumin seeds instead of caraway.
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Actually cumin is what makes soutzoukakia differ from meat balls.
The Greek Holiday Table: Recipe for Soutzoukakia/Smyrna Sausages in Tomato-Wine Sauce (Σουτζουκάκια Σμυρνέικα) Laurie Constantino 2007
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I made this bread-machine recipe for light rye bread today, and mistakenly put in cumin seeds instead of caraway.
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Mixed together with meat that’s beenmarinated and slow braisedin cumin and garlic, and topped with salsa that has cilantro & lime - it’s a little too much.
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I have even made it substituting the basil for cumin, which is even better.
Cream of Green Split Pea Soup Shaun 2007
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The cumin is a comfort when the warmth of the bread is lukewarm, and it can support any mezze or zakusi plate with which you may want to pair this bread, for example: argan oil and dukkah, hummus bi tahini, muhammara, or charkhlis pkhali a Georgian beetroot, coriander and walnut puree.
Archive 2007-07-01 Shaun 2007
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The cumin is a comfort when the warmth of the bread is lukewarm, and it can support any mezze or zakusi plate with which you may want to pair this bread, for example: argan oil and dukkah, hummus bi tahini, muhammara, or charkhlis pkhali a Georgian beetroot, coriander and walnut puree.
Cumin Flatbread Shaun 2007
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The cumin is a big flavor here, so I think toasting and grinding it fresh (with an electric spice grinder or mortar and pestle) is worthwhile.
A Mingling of Tastes 2009
yarb commented on the word cumin
I was little more in my senses than the disciples of Porcius Latro, who, by dint of drinking cummin, having made themselves as pale as their master, thought themselves every whit as learned; so I could scarcely refrain from fancying myself next of kin and presumptive heir to the Duke of Lerma himself.
- Lesage, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, tr. Smollett, bk 8 ch. 9
October 7, 2008
bilby commented on the word cumin
Cuminum cyminum.
October 8, 2010
chained_bear commented on the word cumin
Comment on pepper, and a mind-blowing (at least to me) historical note on coriander.
November 30, 2016