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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In India, a name of the plant also called ajwan or ajwain, Carum ajowan, or Ptychotis ajowan. It yields ajowan-oil, the distillation-water of which, and the crystalline thymol separating from which, are medicinally used in India, especially as remedies in cholera.

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