karve

English translation: caraway

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Norwegian term or phrase:karve
English translation:caraway
Entered by: Marie Andersson (Allen)

15:01 Oct 19, 2004
Norwegian to English translations [Non-PRO]
Nutrition
Norwegian term or phrase: karve
it is a herb wich is often used in bread (east-europe). It is also the herb that are used to make the flavour in Aquavite
caraway, cumin
Explanation:
It's what it is!

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Note added at 5 mins (2004-10-19 15:06:31 GMT)
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Carum carvi L. caraway. ... Click on this Line drawing of Carum carvi to enlarge it and download a high-resolution TIFF file Britton, NL, and A. Brown. 1913. ...
plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/plant_profile.cgi?symbol=CACA19 - 46k -
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Marie Andersson (Allen)
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Local time: 23:38
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5 +4caraway, cumin
Marie Andersson (Allen)


  

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caraway, cumin


Explanation:
It's what it is!

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Note added at 5 mins (2004-10-19 15:06:31 GMT)
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Carum carvi L. caraway. ... Click on this Line drawing of Carum carvi to enlarge it and download a high-resolution TIFF file Britton, NL, and A. Brown. 1913. ...
plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/plant_profile.cgi?symbol=CACA19 - 46k -

Marie Andersson (Allen)
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:38
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Suzanne Blangsted (X)
13 mins
  -> Thank you

agree  Sven Petersson
26 mins
  -> Thank you

agree  Richard Lawson: Cumin (=spisskummen (Cuminum cyminum)) is not the same as Caraway (=Karve (Carum carvi)) although it is in the same family and has a not dissimilar flavour.
6 hrs
  -> Exactly!

agree  Michele Fauble: Enig med Richard Lawson
7 days
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