Other forms: cardamoms
Cardamom is a fragrant spice used in cooking. Green cardamom, crush the cardamom, cardamom pods.
It is the third most expensive spice by weight after saffron and vanilla, because every pod is picked by hand just before it ripens. The green pods are used whole in rice and curry, and the seeds inside are what carry the flavour.
1nouncardamomA fragrant spice used in cooking.
“The spiced tea tasted of cardamom, ginger and a little black pepper.”
cardamom is a spice.
Greek kardamomon names the spice, of uncertain further origin.
Ancient Greek
καρδάμωμον
Latin
cardamōmum
Old French
cardamome
English, today
cardamom
Late Middle English -, from Old French cardamome or Latin cardamōmum, from Ancient Greek καρδάμωμον.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA