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• cummin — Seeds of cummin were valued as spice. Some scrupulous Pharisees gave tithes on things as negligible as cummin, and Jesus is said to have criticized those who did so at the expense of more important duties (Matt. 23:23) …   Dictionary of the Bible

• cummin — Cumin Cum in (k?m ?n), n. [OE.comin, AS. cymen, fr. L. cuminum, Gr. ???????; of Semitic origin, cf. Ar. kamm?n, Heb. kamm?n; cf. OF. comin, F. cumin. Cf. {Kummel}.] (Bot.) A dwarf umbelliferous plant, somewhat resembling fennel ({Cuminum… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Buknu — weaselBuknu is a powdered mixture of several spices. Buknu is very popular in parts of Uttar Pradesh, India.Some people say that its origin is in Kanpur. Buknu is claimed to have medicinal values by Ayurveda and is thought to be a very ancient… …   Wikipedia

• Cumin — Geerah redirects here. For a unit of measurement, see girah. Not to be confused with curcumin. For Irish saints of this name, see Cumméne. Cumin Scientific classification …   Wikipedia

• cumin — /kum euhn, koom / or, often, /kooh meuhn, kyooh /, n. 1. a small plant, Cuminum cyminum, of the parsley family, bearing aromatic, seedlike fruit, used in cookery and medicine. 2. the fruit or seeds of this plant. [bef. 900; ME comyn, cumin ( < OF …   Universalium

• Plants in the Bible — • Discusses all of the types of plants mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Plants in the Bible     Plants in the Bible      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Black cumin — Cumin Cum in (k?m ?n), n. [OE.comin, AS. cymen, fr. L. cuminum, Gr. ???????; of Semitic origin, cf. Ar. kamm?n, Heb. kamm?n; cf. OF. comin, F. cumin. Cf. {Kummel}.] (Bot.) A dwarf umbelliferous plant, somewhat resembling fennel ({Cuminum… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Cumin — Cum in (k?m ?n), n. [OE.comin, AS. cymen, fr. L. cuminum, Gr. ???????; of Semitic origin, cf. Ar. kamm?n, Heb. kamm?n; cf. OF. comin, F. cumin. Cf. {Kummel}.] (Bot.) A dwarf umbelliferous plant, somewhat resembling fennel ({Cuminum Cyminum}),… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Cuminum Cyminum — Cumin Cum in (k?m ?n), n. [OE.comin, AS. cymen, fr. L. cuminum, Gr. ???????; of Semitic origin, cf. Ar. kamm?n, Heb. kamm?n; cf. OF. comin, F. cumin. Cf. {Kummel}.] (Bot.) A dwarf umbelliferous plant, somewhat resembling fennel ({Cuminum… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Nigella sativa — Cumin Cum in (k?m ?n), n. [OE.comin, AS. cymen, fr. L. cuminum, Gr. ???????; of Semitic origin, cf. Ar. kamm?n, Heb. kamm?n; cf. OF. comin, F. cumin. Cf. {Kummel}.] (Bot.) A dwarf umbelliferous plant, somewhat resembling fennel ({Cuminum… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• cumin — [ kju:mɪn] (also cummin) noun 1》 the aromatic seeds of a plant of the parsley family, used as a spice. 2》 the plant which bears cumin seeds, occurring from the Mediterranean to central Asia. [Cuminum cyminum.] Origin OE cymen, OFr. cumon, comin,… …   English new terms dictionary