/ ˈfenjʊgriːk; NAmE / noun
[ U ] a plant with hard yellow-brown seeds that are used in S Asian cooking as a spice
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English fenogrecum (superseded in Middle English by forms from Old French fenugrec ), from Latin faenugraecum , from faenum graecum Greek hay (the Romans used the dried plant as fodder).