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:''[[Ground-elder]] is also known as bishop's weed''. [[Image:Carom.jpg|thumb|Ajwain seeds]] '''Ajwain''' (also known as '''carom seeds''' or '''bishop's weed'''), is an uncommon spice except in certain areas of Asia. It is the small seed-like fruit of the Bishop's Weed plant, (''Trachyspermum ammi'' syn. ''Carum copticum''), egg-shaped and grayish in colour. The plant has a similarity to parsley. Because of their seed-like appearance, the fruit pods are sometimes called ajwain seeds or bishop's weed seeds. Ajwain is often confused with [[lovage]] seed; even some dictionaries mistakenly state that ajwain comes from the lovage plant. Ajwain is also called 'owa' in Marathi and 'vaamu' in Telugu.

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