See also:

• CUMIN, or C UUMIN (Cuminum Cyminum)

CUMIN, or C UUMIN (Cuminum Cyminum)  , an See also:

• ANNUAL

annual herbaceous plant, a member of the natural See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order See also:

• UMBELLIFERAE

Umbelliferae and probably a native of some See also:

• PART

part of western See also:

• ASIA

Asia, but scarcely known at the See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time in a See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . It was See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early cultivated in See also:

• ARABIA

Arabia, See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India and See also:

• CHINA

China, and in the countries bordering the Mediterranean . Its See also:

• STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem is slender and branching, and about a See also:

• FOOT

foot in height; the leaves are deeply cut, with filiform segments; the See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers are small and See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white . The fruits, the so-called seeds, which constitute the See also:

• CUMIN, or C UUMIN (Cuminum Cyminum)

cumin of See also:

• PHARMACY

pharmacy, are fusiform or ovoid in shape and compressed laterally; they are two lines See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, are hotter to the See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste, lighter in See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, and larger than See also:

• CARAWAY

caraway seeds, and have on each See also:

• HALF

half nine See also:

• FINE

fine ridges, overlying as many oil-channels or vittae . Their strong aromatic See also:

• SMELL (connected etymologically with " smoulder " and " smoke ")

smell and warm bitterish taste are due to the presence of about 3% of an essential oil . The See also:

• TISSUE (Fr. tissu, tissue, participle of tisser, Lat. texere, to weave)

tissue of the seeds contains a fatty oil, with See also:

• RESIN (through O.Fr. resine, modern reline, from Lat. resina, prcbably Latinized from Greek Pirivrt, resin)

resin, See also:

• MUCILAGE (from Late Lat. mucilago, a mouldy juice, from mucere, to be mouldy)

mucilage and See also:

• GUM (Fr. gomme, Lat. gommi, Gr. Kµµ1, possibly a Coptic word; distinguish " gum," the fleshy covering of the base of a tooth, in O. Eng. gbma, palate, cf. Ger. Gaumen, roof of the mouth; the ultimate origin is probably the root gha, to open wide, seen in

gum, malates and albuminous See also:

• MATTER

matter; and in the pericarp there is much See also:

• TANNIN, or TANNIC ACID

tannin . The volatile oil of cumin, which may be separated by See also:

• DISTILLATION (from the Lat. distillare, more correctly destillare, to drop or trickle down)

distillation of the See also:

• SEED (from the root seen in Lat. serere, to sow)

seed with See also:

• WATER

water, is mainly a • mixture of cymol or cymene, C1oH14, and cumic aldehyde, See also:

• C6H4
• C6H4(CH213r)2

C6H4(C3H7)See also:

• COH

COH . Cumin is mentioned in See also:

• ISAIAH
• ISAIAH, ASCENSION OF

Isaiah See also:

• XXVIII

xxviii . 25, 27, and See also:

• MATTHEW, GOSPEL OF ST
• MATTHEW, ST (MaOOaior or MarOaIos, probably a shortened form of the Hebrew equivalent to Theodorus)
• MATTHEW, TOBIAS

Matthew See also:

• XXIII

xxiii . 23, and in the See also:

• WORKS

works of See also:

• HIPPOCRATES

Hippocrates and Dioscorides . From See also:

• PLINY, THE ELDER
• PLINY, THE YOUNGER

Pliny we learn that the ancients took the ground seed medicinally with See also:

• BREAD

bread, water or See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine, and that it was accounted the best of condiments as a remedy for squeamishness . It was found to occasion pallor of the See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face, whence the expression of See also:

• HORACE [QuINTus HORATIUS FLACCUS] (65-8 B.C.)

Horace, exsangue cuminum (Epist. i .

19), and that of See also:

• PERSIUS

Persius, pallentis gran cumini (Sat. v . 55) . Pliny relates the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story that it was employed by the followers of Porcius Latro, the celebrated rhetorician, in order to produce a complexion such as bespeaks application to study (xx . 57) . In the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages cumin was one of the commonest spices of See also:

• EUROPEAN

European growth . Its See also:

• AVERAGE

average See also:

• PRICE
• PRICE, BARTHOLOMEW (1818–1898)
• PRICE, BONAMY (1807-1888)
• PRICE, RICHARD (1723-1791)

price per See also:

• POUND
• POUND (2)—(a)

pound in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England in the 13th and 14th centuries was ad. or, at present value, about Is . 4d . (See also:

• ROGERS, HENRY DARWIN (18o8—1866)
• ROGERS, JAMES EDWIN THOROLD (1823-1890)
• ROGERS, JOHN (1627–c. 1665)
• ROGERS, JOHN (1829-1904)
• ROGERS, JOHN (c. 1500-1555)
• ROGERS, ROBERT (1727-1784?)
• ROGERS, S
• ROGERS, SAMUEL (1763-1855)
• ROGERS, WILLIAM (1819-1896)

Rogers, Hist. of Agric. and Prices, i . 631) . It is stimulant and carminative, and is employed in the manufacture of See also:

• CURRY

curry See also:

• POWDER (through O. Fr. puldre, modern poudre, from Lat. pulvis, pulveris, dust)

powder . The medicinal use of the See also:

• DRUG
• DRUG (from Fr. drogue, a word common in Romance languages, cf. Span. and Ital. droga; the origin of the word is obscure, but may possibly be connected with Dutch droog, dry)

drug is now confined to veterinary practice . Cumin is exported from India, See also:

• MOGADOR (Es-Sueira)

Mogador, See also:

• MALTA
• MALTA (or MEDITERRANEAN) FEVER

Malta and See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily .