caraway
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See also: Caraway
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English caraway, carewey, carwey, from Medieval Latin carui, from Arabic كَرَاوِيَا (karāwiyā), via Aramaic from Ancient Greek καρώ (karṓ), κάρον (káron, “caraway”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkæɹəˌweɪ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkæɹəˌweɪ/, /ˈkɛɹəˌweɪ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]caraway (countable and uncountable, plural caraways)
- A biennial plant, Carum carvi, native to Europe and Asia, mainly grown for its seed to be used as a culinary spice.
- The seed-like fruit of the caraway plant.
- A cake or sweetmeat containing caraway seeds.
- 1897, Imogen Clark, Will Shakespeare's Little Lad:
- I'll eat her marchpane and her caraways
- 1916, The Country Gentleman:
- the housewife of today can surely match the skill of those of three centuries ago and make "caraways” or cheesecakes
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]plant
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seed/fruit
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Further reading
[edit]caraway on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “caraway”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “caraway”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Medieval Latin carui, from Arabic كَرَاوِيَّا (karāwiyyā), via Aramaic from Ancient Greek καρώ (karṓ), κάρον (káron, “caraway”). Doublet of carvi.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]caraway (uncountable)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “carewei, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-26.
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