cumin

noun2

1. •
   Its aromatic long seed, used as a spice, notably in Indian, Middle Eastern, and Mexican cookery.

   • Cumin was often an ingredient of such love potions since it produced the effect of retention in whoever ate it. — 1940
2. •
   The flowering plant Cuminum cyminum, in the family Apiaceae.

   • Cumin is native to the region from the eastern Mediterranean to India.