cardamom
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cardamom /ˈkɑːdəməm/ (also cardamum)
▶noun
- 1 the aromatic seeds of a plant of the ginger family, used as a spice.
- 2 the SE Asian plant which bears cardamom seeds. [Elettaria cardamomum.]
– origin ME: from OFr. cardamome or L. cardamomum, from Gk kardamōmon, from kardamon ‘cress’ + amōmon, the name of a kind of spice plant.
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