CUMINUM CYMINUM
\kjˈuːmɪnəm sˈa͡ɪmɪnəm], \kjˈuːmɪnəm sˈaɪmɪnəm], \k_j_ˈuː_m_ɪ_n_ə_m s_ˈaɪ_m_ɪ_n_ə_m]\
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dwarf Mediterranean annual long cultivated for its aromatic seeds
By Princeton University
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dwarf Mediterranean annual long cultivated for its aromatic seeds
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The systematic name of the Cummin or Cumin plant, Cuminum minutum seu Romanum, Cyminum, Cuminum, Carnabadium. Ord.Umbelliferae. Sex. Syst. Pentandria Digynia. (F.) Cumin, Anis aigre. The seeds of cummin, which is a native of Egypt, have a warm, bitterish, disagreeable taste. Water extracts their odour, and spirit takes up both odour and taste. They are not used, except in a plaster, which bears their name. When drunk in wine, the ancients believed they produced paleness; hence, Horace called cummin exsangue; and Juvenal, pallens. - Dioscorides, Pliny.
By Robley Dunglison
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Nearby Words
- cumin, cummin
- cuminic
- cuminil
- cuminol
- cuminum
- Cuminum Cyminum
- cuminum minutum
- cumly
- cummer
- cummerbund
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