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Language: Old English
Origin: cymen, from Latin cuminum, from Greek kyminon

cumin

 noun
     
Related topics: Cooking, Plants
cum‧in [uncountable]
HBPDFC the seeds of a plant that have a sweet smell and are used especially in Mexican and Indian cooking, or the plant that they grow on
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