fenugreek

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of the species leguminous plant, Trigonella foenum-graecum, eaten as a vegetable and with seeds used as a spice. uncountable,usually
    — Fenugreek plant was introduced to Central Europe by Benedictine monks, and it is promoted in the 9th century by Charlemagne. It was grown extensively in the imperial gardens of Charlemagne (Popova, 2017).
  2. The seeds of this plant, used as a spice (especially in Indian and Thai cooking). uncountable,usually
    — Fenugreek’s nutritional and tonic properties have also been tapped since ancient times. […] Fenugreek-based preparations stimulate the appetite and promote weight gain in people with anemia, anorexia, tuberculosis or asthenia.

词形变化

fenugreeks plural

词汇关系

衍生词
blue fenugreek sweet fenugreek

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-der.
Latin foenum
Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós)bor.
Latin graecus
Latin foenum-graecum
Old French fenigrecbor.
Middle English fenygreke
English fenugreek
Inherited from Middle English fenygreke, borrowed from Old French fenigrec, from Latin foenum-graecum (literally “Greek hay”), from foenum (“hay”, variant of faenum) + graecus (“Greek”).
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