cardamom

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: car=da=mom

CIDE DICTIONARY

cardamom, n. [L. cardamomun, Gr. karda`mwmon].

•  The aromatic fruit, or capsule with its seeds, of several plants of the Ginger family growing in the East Indies and elsewhere, and much used as a condiment, and in medicine.  [1913 Webster]
•  A rhizomatous herb which produces cardamoms, esp. Elettaria Cardamomum and several species of Amomum.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

cardamom, n. (also cardamum)
1 an aromatic SE Asian plant, Elettaria cardamomum.
2 the seed-capsules of this used as a spice.

Etymology

L cardamomum or F cardamome f. Gk kardamomon f. kardamon cress + amomon a spice plant