資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Cardamom \Car"da*mom\ (k[aum]r"d[.a]*m[u^]m), n. [L. cardamomun,
Gr. karda`mwmon]
1. 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.
2. (Bot.) A plant which produces cardamoms, esp. {Elettaria
Cardamomum} and several species of {Amomum}.
資料來源 : WordNet®
Elettaria cardamomum
n : rhizomatous herb of India having aromatic seeds used as
seasoning [syn: {cardamom}, {cardamon}]