fenugreek

Meaning

1. (uncountable, usually) Any of the species leguminous plant, Trigonella foenum-graecum, eaten as a vegetable and with seeds used as a spice.
2. (uncountable, usually) The seeds of this plant, used as a spice (especially in Indian and Thai cooking).

Synonyms

Greek clover

Trigonella foenumgraecum

fenugreek seed

Trigonella foenum graecum

bird’s foot trefoil

Translations

fenugrec

fieno greco

fenogreco

alholva

Bockshornklee

fenigrec

Blockshornklee

feno-grego

fenegriek

Griechisch Heu

Trigonella foenum graecum

νυχάκι

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɛnjʊˌɡɹiːk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: fenygreke

In summary

From Middle English fenygreke, fenegrek, from Old French fenugrec, fengrec, from Latin foenum-graecum, from foenum (“hay”, variant of faenum) + graecum (“Greek”, neuter form of graecus), literally “Greek hay”.