fenugreek
1 synonym for fenugreek, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A leguminous plant grown as a vegetable and for its seeds, which are used as a spice.
Synonyms
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Synonyms by Meaning
1. noun
A leguminous plant grown as a vegetable and for its seeds, which are used as a spice.
“Fresh fenugreek leaves go into many curries.”
2. noun
The seeds of this plant, used as a spice, especially in Indian and Thai cooking.
“Add a teaspoon of fenugreek to the curry.”
How to use fenugreek
The word patterns that sound natural to a native speaker.
It is a neutral cooking term, usually treated as uncountable.
Etymology
The word came into English from Old French fenigrec, which came from Latin foenum-graecum, literally Greek hay. The Latin joined words for hay and Greek.
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