caraway
noun
a plant, Carum carvi, of the parsley family, native to Europe, having finely divided leaves and umbels of white or pinkish flowers.
caraway
1 American
[kar-uh-wey]
/ ˈkær əˌweɪ /
noun
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caraways
plural
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a plant, Carum carvi, of the parsley family, native to Europe, having finely divided leaves and umbels of white or pinkish flowers.
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Also called caraway seed. the aromatic seedlike fruit of this plant, used in cooking and medicine.
Caraway
2
American
[kar-uh-wey]
/ ˈkær əˌweɪ /
noun
caraway
British
/ ˈkærəˌweɪ /
noun
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an umbelliferous Eurasian plant, Carum carvi, having finely divided leaves and clusters of small whitish flowers
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the pungent aromatic one-seeded fruit of this plant, used in cooking and in medicine
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Etymology
Origin of caraway
1325–75; Middle English car ( a ) wai, variant of carwy < Medieval Latin carui < Arabic karawiyā ≪ Greek káron caraway
Vocabulary lists containing caraway
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A rosy link of pork and beef spiced with ground caraway, smoked as much for preservation as for flavor, this fortifying nosh needs no refrigeration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
Instead of the usual freeze-dried nutrients that astronauts eat, Adenot, 42, will be choosing from the likes of "Foie gras cream on toasted brioche" and "Lobster bisque with crab and caraway".
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2025
The flavor combines "noodles with sesame seeds, poppy seeds, garlic, dried onion and caraway seeds in a rich cream-cheese flavored sauce."
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2024
Biennials, like caraway and parsley, live for two growing seasons, producing only foliage during their first year, then flowers and seeds in their second before dying.
From Washington Times ● May 23, 2023
The cook had followed the recipe to perfection: chunks of tender stew meat simmered with onions, garlic, potatoes, parsnips, carrots, and tomatoes, seasoned with caraway and, of course, the paprika.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
But Caraway easily won the special election that followed, becoming the first woman elected to the Senate.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
Caraway Home, which sells kitchen goods such as pots and pans, raised some prices and dropped others last year to pass along some tariff costs while trying to keep customers happy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
Caraway reached base five times with two walks and three of Oregon State’s 17 hits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2025
Caraway, makers of ceramic nonstick bakeware, suggest a combination of bubbling baking soda and vinegar to lift stuck-on food from baking sheets.
From Salon ● Nov. 19, 2022
“Perfectly ridiculous,” said Mrs. Caraway, but she continued to cut the white blossoms and drop them into the wicker baskets.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
This done, they returned to the farm, to feast—in Gloucestershire—on cakes made with caraways, and soaked in cider.
From Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan by Clement A. Miles
A large tablespoonful of fine, dry, clean snow was intimately stirred with a spoon into the dry flour, and to this was added a tablespoonful of caraways and a little butter and salt.
Her father gave me two peaches, some Salem sweets called Black Jacks, and a Delaware basket to take home with me, heaped with macaroons, crisp almonds, rock-candy, caraways, and suckets.
From Cardigan by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
Four ounces each of orange, lemon, citron, and candied ginger, all thinly sliced; one ounce each of coriander seeds, caraways, and pounded ginger, adding as much flour as will make it into a soft paste.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Mary Eaton
If the bowels are constipated, give thirty grains of extract of butternut, or, if that cannot be readily procured, substitute an infusion of senna and manna, to which a few caraways may be added.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by George Dadd
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