Fenugreek seeds are tiny, bitter, dicotyledonous seeds of herb fenugreek. Toasted gently, they exhibit strongly aromatic and pungent flavor. Traditionally, fenugreeks have been found use to cure digestive problems and to improve breast milk secretion in the nursing mothers. In the botany, fenugreek is a small annual leguminous herb belonging in the fabaceae family, genus: Trigonella. Scientific name: Trigonella foenum-graecum.