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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A biennial Eurasian herb (Carum carvi) in the parsley family, having finely divided leaves and clusters of small, white or pinkish flowers.
  2. n. The seedlike fruit of this plant, widely used as a flavoring and seasoning in various foods. Also called caraway seed.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A biennial plant, Carum Carui, of the natural order Umbelliferœ, with a tapering root like a parsnip, which when young is used as food, but has a very strong flavor. It is a native of Europe and Asia, and is frequently cultivated for its fruit, or so-called seeds, which have an aromatic smell and a warm pungent taste. They are used as a carminative in medicine, and for flavoring cakes, etc., and a volatile oil is obtained from them by distillation.
  2. n. The Nigella sativa or black caraway, a ranunculaceous plant of southern Europe, the seeds of which are aromatic and used for the same purposes as common caraway.
  3. n. Collectively, the seeds of the caraway.
  4. n. A kind of sweet cake or comfit containing caraway-seeds.
  5. n. A kind of apple.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A biennial plant, Carum carvi, native to Europe and Asia, mainly grown for its seed to be used as a culinary spice.
  2. n. The seed-like fruit of the caraway plant.
  3. n. A cake or sweetmeat containing caraway seeds.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Bot.) A biennial plant of the Parsley family (Carum Carui). The seeds have an aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent taste. They are used in cookery and confectionery, and also in medicine as a carminative.
  2. n. A cake or sweetmeat containing caraway seeds.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a Eurasian plant with small white flowers yielding caraway seed
  2. n. leaves used sparingly in soups and stews

Etymologies

  1. French carvi, from Medieval Latin carui, from Arabic كمون, probably from Ancient Greek κύμινο (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English carewei, from Old French carvi, caroi, probably from Medieval Latin carvi, carwi, ultimately from Arabic karawyā, from Greek karō. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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