an annual heavily scented Mediterranean leguminous plant, Trigonella foenum-graecum, with hairy stems and white flowers: cultivated for forage and for its medicinal seeds
Word origin
Old English fēnogrēcum, from Latin fenum Graecum literally: Greek hay
fenugreek in American English
(ˈfɛnjuˌgrik)
noun
a leguminous herb (Trigonella foenumgraecum) native to SE Europe and W Asia, used for forage and formerly in medicine and having seeds used in cooking
Word origin
ME fenugrek < OFr fenugrec < L faenum-graecum, lit., Greek hay