# fenugreek

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfɛnjʊˌɡɹiːk/ · frequency rank #85,246

## Definitions
1. Any of the species leguminous plant, Trigonella foenum-graecum, eaten as a vegetable and with seeds used as a spice.
2. The seeds of this plant, used as a spice (especially in Indian and Thai cooking).

## Etymology
From Middle English fenygreke, fenegrek, from Old French fenugrec, fengrec, from Latin foenum-graecum, from foenum (“hay”, variant of faenum) + graecum (“Greek”, neuter form of graecus), literally “Greek hay”.

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