fenugreek
noun/ˈfenjuɡriːk/
/ˈfenjuɡriːk/
[uncountable]- a plant with hard yellow-brown seeds that are used as a spice and with leaves that are used in South Asian cookingTopics Foodc2Word OriginOld English fenogrecum (superseded in Middle English by forms from Old French fenugrec), from Latin faenugraecum, from faenum graecum ‘Greek hay’ (the Romans used the dried plant as fodder).
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