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caraways

caraways is the plural of caraway.

Meaning of caraway

Noun

caraway (countable and uncountable, plural caraways)

  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.
    • Caraway has a reputed aphrodisiac virtue. It is frequently mentioned in Oriental love manuals.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 56
  2. The seed-like fruit of the caraway plant.
  3. A cake or sweetmeat containing caraway seeds.
    • I'll eat her marchpane and her caraways1897, Imogen Clark, Will Shakespeare's Little Lad

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Proper noun capitalized: Caraways

Caraways

  1. (plural) plural of Caraway

Phrases with caraways

Questions about caraways

What is caraways the plural of?
Caraways is the plural of caraway.
What part of speech is caraways?
Caraways is a proper noun.

Words near caraways in the dictionary

  1. caraway
  2. caraway seed bread
  3. caraway seed breads
  4. caraway thyme
  5. caraway thymes
  6. caraways
  7. Carayrayan
  8. Carayungan Sur
  9. Carazo
  10. carazolol
  11. carazostatin

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