Definition for CUM'IN

CUM'IN, n. [L. cuminum; Gr. κυμινον; Oriental כמון kamon. The verb with which this word seems to be connected, signifies, in Ar. Ch. Syr. and Sam., to retire from sight, to lie concealed.]

An annual plant whose seeds have a bitterish, warm taste, with an aromatic flavor; Cuminum cyminum.

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