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Word: Cardamom
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Old French cardamome or Latin cardamomum, from Greek kardamōmon, from kardamon ‘cress’ + amōmon, the name of a kind of spice plant
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈkɑːdəməm
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the aromatic seeds of a plant of the ginger family, used as a spice and also medicinally.
Short Definition:aromatic seeds of plant of ginger family
Definition:
the SE Asian plant that bears cardamom seeds.
Short Definition:SE Asian plant which bears cardamom seeds
Variant Forms:
- cardamon
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