Definitions for cumin

cumin cum·in

Spelling: [kuhm-uh n, koo m-, Cumin is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 48 anagrams from letters in cumin (cimnu).

Definitions for cumin

noun

  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.

Origin of cumin

before 900; Middle English comyn, cumin (Old French comin) Latin cumīnum Greek kýmīnon Semitic (compare Arabic kammūn, Hebrew kammōn cumin); replacing Old English cymen Latin, as above

Examples for cumin

cumin is mentioned in Scripture as something particularly nice.

Add the onions, tomatoes, garlic, thyme, bay leaves, cumin, cloves and cinnamon.

“In the mountains, if you need some cumin or potatoes, you just knock on a door,” he said.

Mint, Rue, and cumin have each a delightful flavor of antiquity.

Within days, grilled lamb skewers spiced with cumin and chili were back on the street.

A single meal could include clove, cumin, jalapeños, Madeira, sweet potatoes, and whipped heavy cream.

Now you've took it away between you, cumin' aht with it like this.

cumin, cinnamon, and tart-sweet prunes give this exotic stew North African flavor.

Tenures of cumin do not appear to have been common in the two counties.

Oil of cumin is a mixture of two oils differing in volatility, and which may be separated by careful distillation.

Word Value for cumin
Scrable

9

Words with friends

13

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