E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Caraway.
Latin, carum, from Caria in Asia Minor, whence the seeds were imported.
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“Nay, you shall see my orchard, where in an arbour we will eat a last year’s pippin of my own graffing, with a dish of caraways.”—Shakespeare: 2 Henry IV., v. 3 (Justice Shallow to Falstaff).
