cardamom
noun /ˈkɑːdəməm/
/ˈkɑːrdəməm/
[uncountable]- the dried seeds of a south-east Asian plant, used in cooking as a spice
enlarge image- cardamom pods
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French cardamome or Latin cardamomum, from Greek kardamōmon, from kardamon ‘cress’ + amōmon, the name of a kind of spice plant.
