ane·thum
n 1 cap : a small genus of Asian herbs of the family Umbelliferae with dissected foliage and yellow flowers that includes dill and fennel 2 pl -tha or -thums : the dried ripe fruit of a dill (Anethum graveolens) that is used in medicine as a carminative and stomachic .
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