fenugreek Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun annual herb or southern Europe and eastern Asia having off-white flowers and aromatic seeds used medicinally and in curry
    Greek clover; Trigonella foenumgraecum.
  2. noun aromatic seeds used as seasoning especially in curry
    fenugreek seed.

WordNet

Fen"u*greek noun
Etymology
L. faenum Graecum, lit., Greek hay: cf. F. fenugrec. Cf. Fennel.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A plant (trigonella Foenum Græcum) cultivated for its strong-smelling seeds, which are "now only used for giving false importance to horse medicine and damaged hay." J. Smith (Pop. Names of Plants, 1881).

Webster 1913