Carum

Kair'um. A genus of about 30 species of Old World temperate zone herbs.

Description
Leaves mostly basal, much compounded into tiny segments. Flowers minute, white, in small umbels that are grouped in larger umbels. Fruit dry and seedlike.

How to Grow
To reap a good harvest of the edible seeds, start caraway early in the season as soon as the danger of frost is past. Prefers cool weather.

Carum Carvi
Caraway . 1-2 ft. (30-60 cm) high. Leaves so finely divided that the ultimate segments are threadlike. Flowers white, in clusters, to 1 ƈ in. (3 cm) wide. Fruit strongly ribbed. Eurasia. Biennial grown as a hardy annual.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: caraway
  Synonym: genus Carum

Carum
Carum carvi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Apiales Family: Apiaceae Genus: Carum L.
Species
including: Carum atrosanguineum Carum bretschneideri Carum buriaticum Carum carvi Carum diversifolium Carum verticillatum

Carum is a genus of about 20 species of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae, native to temperate regions of the Old World. The most important species is Caraway (C. carvi), the seeds of which are widely used as a culinary spice.

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