Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun
- a plant, Trigonella foenum-graecum, of the legume family, indigenous to western Asia, but extensively cultivated elsewhere, chiefly for forage and for its mucilaginous seeds, which are used in medicine.
noun
- an annual heavily scented Mediterranean leguminous plant, Trigonella foenum-graecum, with hairy stems and white flowers: cultivated for forage and for its medicinal seeds
Old English fenograecum, from Latin faenugraecum, literally “Greek hay,” from faenum (see fennel) + Graecum. The modern form in English is from Middle French fenugrec.