# caraway

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkæɹəˌweɪ/ · frequency rank #57,278

## Definitions
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.)
2. The seed-like fruit of the caraway plant.
3. A cake or sweetmeat containing caraway seeds.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/caraway