List of culinary herbs and spices
This is a list of culinary herbs and spices. Specifically these are food or drink additives of mostly botanical origin used in nutritionally insignificant quantities for flavoring or coloring. Herbs are derived from the leaves and stalks of plants, whereas spices come from the seeds, fruit, roots, and bark of plants. Some plants give rise to both herbs and spices, such as coriander and fenugreek.
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List of culinary herbs and spices
A spice market in Istanbul
Casablanca's night spice market
This is a list of culinary herbs and spices. Specifically these are food or drink additives of mostly botanical origin used in nutritionally insignificant quantities for flavoring or coloring. Herbs are derived from the leaves and stalks of plants, whereas spices come from the seeds, fruit, roots, and bark of plants. Some plants give rise to both herbs and spices, such as coriander and fenugreek.
This list does not contain fictional plants such as aglaophotis, or recreational drugs such as tobacco. It also excludes plants used primarily for herbal teas or medicinal purposes.
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List of culinary herbs and spices
• Dill (Anethum graveolens) • Dill seed • Dill weed / dill herb • Dootsi (Agasyllis latifolia)
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List of culinary herbs and spices
• Elderflower (Sambucus spp.) • Epazote / Jesuits' tea / Mexican tea / wormseed (Dysphania ambrosioides)
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List of culinary herbs and spices
• Quassia (Quassia amara) — a bitter spice in aperitifs and fortified wines along with a few beers
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List of culinary herbs and spices
• Yerba buena, any of several different species primarily in the mint family — q.v. Mint • Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
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List of culinary herbs and spices
• Za'atar (a blend of herbs from the genera Origanum, Calamintha, Thymus, and Satureja) - The Levant • Zedoary (Curcuma zedoaria) • Zicao / red stoneroot / red gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon) — for red color