cardamom
/ˈkɑːdəməm/(亦作cardamum)
noun
mass noun
1
- the aromatic seeds of a plant of the ginger family, used as a spice and also medicinally小豆蔻籽。
2
- the SE Asian plant which bears these seeds小豆蔻。
2.1
- Elettaria cardamomum, family Zingiberaceae.拉丁名Elettaria cardamomum,姜科。
词源
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.