meetin' seed
meetin' seed noun: a seed from any of various herb plants (especially fennel, but sometimes caraway, dill, or anise), formerly eaten during church meetings to foster wakefulness, freshen the breath, or keep hunger pangs at bay.
Noun
meetin' seed (countable and uncountable, plural meetin' seeds)
- A seed from any of various herb plants (especially fennel, but sometimes caraway, dill, or anise), formerly eaten during church meetings to foster wakefulness, freshen the breath, or keep hunger pangs at bay.
- Outside the door were a bed of fennel — meeting seed — and some rose bushes. Close by was the country store and post-office.1906, Newell Meeker Calhoun, Litchfield County Sketches, page 134
- […] fennel, dill, and caraway furnished meeting seed fresh from June to October, and dry from October to June again.1916, Catharine Melinda North, History of Berlin, Connecticut, page 43
Forms of meetin' seed
| plural | meetin' seeds |
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| alternative form | meeting seed |
Questions about meetin' seed
- What does meetin' seed mean?
- Meetin' seed means a seed from any of various herb plants (especially fennel, but sometimes caraway, dill, or anise), formerly eaten during church meetings to foster wakefulness, freshen the breath, or keep hunger pangs at bay.
- What part of speech is meetin' seed?
- Meetin' seed is a noun.
- What is the plural of meetin' seed?
- The plural of meetin' seed is meetin' seeds.
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