Definition of "carum" []

• A considerable genus of plants, natural order Umbelliferæ. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "At length, as the evening was wearing late, a venerable brother chanced to ask Mr. Archibald when they might hope to see the Duke, tam carum caput, as he would venture to term him, at the"
• "Biliosum habui amatorem qui supplex flexis genibus, &c. Nullus recens allatus terrae fructus, nullum cupediarum genus tam carum erat, nullum vinum Creticum pretiosum, quin ad me ferret illico; credo alterum oculum pignori daturus, &c."
• "Alpes hominem immolari gentium carum more solitum: quod paulum à mandendo abest."