Associations to the word «Fenugreek»

Wiktionary

FENUGREEK, noun. A leguminous plant, Trigonella foenum-graecum, eaten as a vegetable and with seeds used as a spice.
FENUGREEK, noun. The seeds of this plant, used as a spice (especially in Indian and Thai cooking).

Dictionary definition

FENUGREEK, noun. Annual herb or southern Europe and eastern Asia having off-white flowers and aromatic seeds used medicinally and in curry.
FENUGREEK, noun. Aromatic seeds used as seasoning especially in curry.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats