Definitions
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- noun cumin
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Examples
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Cominos (cumin) cuminum cyminum: The flavorful and highly aromatic seeds are used whole or ground in a wide variety of Mexican meat stews and soups.
A Culinary Guide to Mexican Herbs: Las Hierbas de Cocina 2006
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The races of Hindostan term the English not “white men,” but “red men;” and the reason will at once be seen by comparing a Britisher with a high-caste Nágar Brahman whose face is of parchment colour as if he had drunk exsangue cuminum.
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Cominos (cumin) cuminum cyminum: The flavorful and highly aromatic seeds are used whole or ground in a wide variety of Mexican meat stews and soups.
A Culinary Guide to Mexican Herbs: Las Hierbas de Cocina 2006
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Cominos (cumin) cuminum cyminum: The flavorful and highly aromatic seeds are used whole or ground in a wide variety of Mexican meat stews and soups.
A Culinary Guide to Mexican Herbs: Las Hierbas de Cocina 2006
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Nágar Brahman whose face is of parchment colour as if he had drunk exsangue cuminum.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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The jintan or cumin-seed (cuminum) is sometimes an ingredient in curries.
The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795
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