cum‧in /ˈkʌmən, ˈkʌmɪn, ˈkjuː- $ ˈkʌmən, ˈkuː-, ˈkjuː-/ noun [uncountable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: cymen, from Latin cuminum, from Greek kyminon]
the seeds of a plant that have a sweet smell and are used especially in Mexican and Indian cooking, or the plant that they grow on

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