herbs

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A list of many common herbs.
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  1. cassareep
    a flavoring made by boiling down the juice of the bitter cassava; used in West Indian cooking
  2. mocha
    a superior dark coffee made from beans from Arabia
  3. vanilla extract
    a flavoring prepared from vanilla beans macerated in alcohol
  4. lemon extract
    a flavoring made from (or imitating) lemons
  5. monosodium glutamate
    white crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor; often used in Chinese cooking
  6. cardamom
    herb of India having aromatic seeds used as seasoning
  7. almond extract
    flavoring made from almonds macerated in alcohol
  8. vanilla
    any of numerous climbing plants having fleshy leaves
  9. anise
    a herb cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and oil
  10. turmeric
    a tropical plant of India with yellow flowers and a deep aroma
  11. curry powder
    pungent blend of cumin and ground coriander seed and turmeric and other spices
  12. dill seed
    seed of the dill plant used as seasoning
  13. table salt
    white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food
  14. coriander
    Old World herb with aromatic leaves and seed resembling parsley
  15. wintergreen oil
    oil or flavoring obtained from the creeping wintergreen or teaberry plant
  16. caraway seed
    aromatic seeds of the caraway plant
  17. nasturtium
    any tropical American plant of the genus Tropaeolum having pungent juice and long-spurred yellow to red flowers
  18. sour salt
    crystals of citric acid used as seasoning
  19. sweetening
    the act of adding a sweetener to food
  20. oil of wintergreen
    oil or flavoring obtained from the creeping wintergreen or teaberry plant
  21. red pepper
    ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicum
  22. ail
    be unwell
  23. saffron
    crocus with pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food
  24. spearmint oil
    an aromatic oil obtained from the spearmint plant
  25. cola extract
    a flavoring extracted from the kola nut
  26. garlic chive
    a plant of eastern Asia; larger than Allium schoenoprasum
  27. paprika
    a mild powdered seasoning made from dried pimientos
  28. table salt
    white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food
  29. fennel seed
    aromatic anis-scented seeds
  30. poppy seed
    small grey seed of a poppy flower
  31. peppermint oil
    oil from the peppermint plant used as flavoring
  32. bouillon cube
    a cube of evaporated seasoned meat extract
  33. ginger
    plant with thick aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems
  34. angelica
    any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels
  35. anchovy paste
    paste made primarily of anchovies
  36. sassafras
    yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America
  37. angelica
    any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels
  38. spice
    any of a variety of pungent aromatic vegetable substances used for flavoring food
  39. mocha
    a superior dark coffee made from beans from Arabia
  40. sesame seed
    small oval seeds of the sesame plant
  41. benniseed
    small oval seeds of the sesame plant
Created on Mon May 17 12:37:49 EDT 2010 (updated Mon May 17 13:12:18 EDT 2010)

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