/kum"euhn, koom"-/ or, often, /kooh"meuhn, kyooh"-/ , n.
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.
[ bef. 900; ME comyn, cumin ( comin ) cuminum kýminon kammun, Heb kammon cumin); r. OE cymen ]