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J. Farkas, Cs Mohácsi-Farkas, in Encyclopedia of Food Safety, 2014 Seeds. Fenugreek is the dried seed of the leguminous plant Trigonella foenum-graeceum (Fabiaceae). The pods split easily and are threshed to free seeds, winnowed, cleaned, and further dried. Their characteristic components are trigonellin and δ-cadinene.. Nutmeg is the dried, large, oval kernel (nut) and