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Webster 1913 Edition
Caraway
Car′a-way
(kăr′ȧ-wā̍)
, Noun.
[F.
carvi
(cf. Sp. carvi
and al-caravea
, al-carahueya
, Pg. al-caravia
) fr. Ar. karawīā
, karwīā
fr. Gr. κάρον
; cf. L. careum
.] 1.
(Bot.)
A biennial plant of the Parsley family (
Carum Carui
). The seeds have an aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent taste. They are used in cookery and confectionery, and also in medicine as a carminative. 2.
A cake or sweetmeat containing caraway seeds.
Caraways
, or biscuits, or some other [comfits]. Cogan.