Dict: smith - CUMMIN

smith:

CUMMIN - C>@ - one of the cultivated plants of Palestine. kjv@Isaiah:28:25-27; kjv@Matthew:23:23) It is an umbelliferous plant something like fennel. The seeds have a bitterish warm taste and an aromatic flavor. The Maltese are said to grow it at the present day, and to thresh it in the manner described by Isaiah.