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Caraway vs Carvone - What's the difference?

caraway | carvone |

As nouns the difference between caraway and carvone

is that caraway is a biennial plant, , native to europe and asia, mainly grown for its seed to be used as a culinary spice while carvone is (organic compound) a terpenoid found naturally in many essential oils, most abundant in the oils from seeds of caraway and dill.

caraway

English

(wikipedia caraway)

Noun

(-)
  • A biennial plant, , native to Europe and Asia, mainly grown for its seed to be used as a culinary spice.
  • The seed-like fruit of the caraway plant.
  • A cake or sweetmeat containing caraway seeds.
  • * (rfdate). Cogan:
    • Caraways , or biscuits, or some other [comfits].

    Synonyms

    * (Persian cumin)

    References

    carvone

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia carvone)
  • (organic compound) A terpenoid found naturally in many essential oils, most abundant in the oils from seeds of caraway and dill.

    • Derived terms

    * eucarvone