Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Fenugreek \Fen"u*greek\ (? or ?), n. [L. faenum Graecum, lit.,
   Greek hay: cf. F. fenugrec. Cf. {Fennel}.] (Bot.)
   A plant ({trigonella F[oe]num Gr[ae]cum}) cultivated for its
   strong-smelling seeds, which are ``now only used for giving
   false importance to horse medicine and damaged hay.'' --J.
   Smith (Pop. Names of Plants, 1881).