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cardamom

cardamom

5 6.3
A spice made from small seeds with a strong warm smell used in cooking
  • noun
  • /ˈkɑrdəˌməm/
translation icon : cardamomo
  • Bring tea, she told him, real tea, the way he likes it, with sugar, milk, and cardamom pods.
  • cinnamon and cardamom
  • cardamom pods
  • teaspoon of cardamom

So freshly chopped ginger, cardamom, boiled milk, like the whole shebang.

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Examples

  • Slowly heat it to just below the boiling point, then stir in the sugar and cardamom.

    Academic text (1993)
  • I thought there was a bit of a cardamom flavor in that Oh, even better link.

  • I do like it, though, and bet the cardamom helps!

    Blog text (12)
  • Rest it in a little red wine, and add crushed cardamom.

  • Its special flavor came from ground cardamom.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Do you want a cardamom bun or a Danish?

  • It's infused with pepper, cardamom and ginger.

  • Three of the very principal ingredients of masala tea would be dry ginger, green cardamom and cinnamon.

  • Gulab jamun are deep-fried dough balls covered in a sugary syrup flavored with cardamom seeds, rosewater, or saffron.

    Blog text (8)
  • In the kitchen, Meena poured the steaming, cardamom-scented tea into three cups.

Synonyms

cardamon
vscardamom
  • UK
5.4

A spice of small seeds used to give food and drinks a warm, sweet smell and taste

is the wider botanical term covering seeds from several related plants
cardamum
vscardamom
  • UK
8.6

A small fragrant seed used as a spice in cooking and drinks

is a general aromatic seed spice used broadly in cooking and baking

Surface Forms

cardamom singular
cardamoms plural

Etymology

Cardamom came to English through Greek and Latin from old Indian words like ela and Hindi elaichi, which named this fragrant spice. So, cardamom is easy to remember as the aromatic seed used to flavor food and tea.