cardamom
6.6
A tropical plant that produces small seeds used to make a spice
- noun
- /ˈkɑrdəməm/
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cardamomo
- For a delicious curry, add a pinch of cardamom to enhance the flavor.
- cardamom seeds
Examples
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He could smell the cardamom seeds his radioman was chewing.
Fiction book (1994) -
Even the assembling of the ingredients took some time, as the milk had first to be scalded and then cooled, and the tiny black cardamom seeds had to be removed from their papery pods, then ground with a mortar and pestle.
Fiction book (1992) -
The recipe calls for one teaspoon of ground cardamom for a sweet aroma in the cake.
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She sprinkled some crushed cardamom seeds into her chai to make it more fragrant.
Synonyms
9.4
A plant from India with small fragrant seeds used as a spice
is a perennial Indian plant known for aromatic seeds used as a spice
How Aromatic
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cardamom came to English through Greek and Latin from old Indian words like ela and Hindi elaichi, words that named both the plant and its spice. That's why cardamom can mean the plant that produces the small, fragrant seeds used in cooking.