caraway
/ˈkæɹəˌweɪ/
noun 3name 1
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noun
1
A biennial plant of species Carum carvi, native to Europe and Asia, mainly grown for its seed to be used as a culinary spice. (The convention of putting caraway seeds into rye bread sometimes causes confusion about so-called rye seeds.)
Caraway has a reputed aphrodisiac virtue. It is frequently mentioned in Oriental love manuals.
2
The seed-like fruit of the caraway plant.
3
A cake or sweetmeat containing caraway seeds.
I'll eat her marchpane and her caraways
the housewife of today can surely match the skill of those of three centuries ago and make "caraways” or cheesecakes
name
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A surname.
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