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Definition of Cumin
1. Noun. Dwarf Mediterranean annual long cultivated for its aromatic seeds.
Terms within: Cumin Seed
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Cuminum, Genus Cuminum
2. Noun. Aromatic seeds of the cumin herb of the carrot family.
Generic synonyms: Edible Seed
Substance meronyms: Kummel
Group relationships: Cuminum Cyminum
Definition of Cumin
1. n. 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.
Definition of Cumin
1. Noun. The flowering plant Cuminum cyminum, in the family ''Apiaceae'' ¹
2. Noun. Its aromatic long seed, used as a spice, notably in Indian and Mexican cookery. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cumin
1. a plant used in cooking [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cumin
Literary usage of Cumin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Chemistry: For the Use of Colleges, Academies, and Schools by Victor Regnault (1853)
"cumin seed,* distilled with water, yields an essential oil composed of carburetted
... When oil of cumin is again distilled, the cymen passes over first, ..."
2. Scottish Annals from English Chroniclers A.D. 500 to 1286 by Alan Orr Anderson (1908)
"cumin induced a Cistercian monk to forgo papal letters directed to him and to
king David. " By such trickery he had no difficulty in deceiving the king, ..."
3. Publications of the Surtees Society by Surtees Society (1863)
"Erat autem iste Ricardus nepos Willelmi cumin, frater illius Willelmi defuncti.
... The matter was to be referred to the pope, and, in the meantime, cumin ..."
4. A Manual of organic materia medica: Being a Guide to Materia Medica of the by John Michael Maisch (1892)
"cumin.—Fruit and longitudinal section, 3 diam.; transverse section, ... Oil of
cumin is of spec. grav. 0.92, and consists chiefly of cymol or cymene, ..."
5. Historical and Topographical Notes, Etc. on Buttevant: Castletownroche by James Grove White (1905)
"This explanation of cumin is not correct, the name is by some writers derived
from Cum, "shapely, beautiful, well-formed." In Silva Gadelica, p. ..."
6. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller, Kate Grace Barber Winton (1916)
"cumin (cuminum Cyminum). a fruit, natural size; b dorsal side of fruit, enlarged;
c commissural side of fruit, enlarged; d cross section. (HAGER. ..."
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