Definition of Ajowan

1. Noun. ajwain ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ajowan

1. the fruit of an Egyptian plant [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ajowan

ajapsandali
ajar
ajar(p)
ajaraca
ajaracas
ajarred
ajarring
ajee
ajiva
ajivas
ajmalicine
ajmaline
ajog
ajoite
ajon
ajowan (current term)
ajowan oil
ajowans
ajugas
ajutage
ajutages
ajvar
ajwain
ajwains
ajwan
ajwans
aka
akaganéite
akaganéites
akageneite

Literary usage of Ajowan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pharmacographia; a History of the Principal Drugs of Vegetable Origin, Met by Friedrich August Flückiger, Daniel Hanbury (1879)
"Botanical Origin—Carum ajowan Bentham et Hooker (Ammi ... et Pt. ajowan DC.)—an erect annual herb, cultivated in Egypt and Persia, and especially in India ..."

2. A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils: Comprising Both by William Theodore Brannt, Karl Schaedler (1896)
"ajowan oil is of a pale brown color and an agreeable aromatic odor. ... By allowing ajowan oil to stand in an open dish, beautiful crystals of ..."

3. The Volatile Oils by Eduard Gildemeister, Friedrich Hoffmann (1900)
"The ajowan seeds found in Europe are almost exclusively of Indian source ... ajowan oil mixed with fatty oil is used medicinally like ajowan water in India. ..."

4. The Condensed Chemical Dictionary: A Reference Volume for All Requiring by Francis Mills Turner, Daniel Deronda Berolzheimer, William Parker Cutter, John Helfrich, Chemical Catalog Company, Inc (1920)
"See ajowan oil. ajowan Oil (Ajava oil) Color and properties: Yellow liquid. ... Derivation: By expression of the seeds of Carum ajowan. Grades: Technical. ..."

5. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1889)
"This compound was more fully investigated by Lallemand and named thymol.2 It also occurs, as previously mentioned, in ajowan oil, and was investigated by ..."

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