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Caraway

//ˈkæɹəˌweɪ// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 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.) countable, uncountable

    "Caraway has a reputed aphrodisiac virtue. It is frequently mentioned in Oriental love manuals."

  2. 2
    leaves used sparingly in soups and stews wordnet
  3. 3
    The seed-like fruit of the caraway plant. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    a Eurasian plant with small white flowers yielding caraway seed wordnet
  5. 5
    A cake or sweetmeat containing caraway seeds. countable, uncountable

    "I'll eat her marchpane and her caraways"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English caraway, carewey, carwey, from Medieval Latin carui, from Arabic كَرَاوِيَا (karāwiyā), via Aramaic from Ancient Greek καρώ (karṓ), κάρον (káron, “caraway”).

Etymology 2

From the Middle English occupational surname, probably for a spice merchant, related to caraway.

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