cardamom

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You could substitute another spice - cardamom, say, or nutmeg.

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  1. noun A rhizomatous Indian herb (Elettaria cardamomum) having capsular fruits with aromatic seeds used as a spice or condiment.
  2. noun The seed of this plant.
  3. noun Any of several plants of the related genus Amomum, used as a substitute for cardamom.

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  • It would not be a good thing for us to become altogether dependent on the Greeks for our cinnamon and our cardamom, our frankincense and our indigo. —  F ;SF; - vol 097 issue 04-05 - October-November 1999
  • The combination of pistachios, cardamom, and rosewater is one I've used before, and it works great in these crumbly cookies. —  Blogtimore, Hon
  • For example the cacao liqueur uses a blend of cacao from the Ivory Coast and typical African spices such as cardamom, while the cider has a rooibos flavour note. —  FoodNavigator RSS
  • Of course you could use cinnamon instead of cardamom, and it would be great, but there's something so lovely about cardamom. —  Sass & Veracity
  • Gram Macula is a powder that often combines spices such as cardamom, cinnamon and clove.
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  1. Middle English cardamome, from Old French cardemome, from Latin cardamōmum, from Greek kardamōmon : kardamon, cress + amōmon, an Indian spice.

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  1. Also cardamum, and formerly cardamome, cardamon; = Dutch kardamom = Middle High German kardamuome, kardemuome, cardemome, German kardamomen (diminutive kardamumel) = Danish kardemome = Swedish kardemumma, from French cardamome (Old French cardemoine) = Spanish Portuguese Italian cardamomo (Portuguese also cardamo, Italian also cardamone), from Latin cardamomum, from Greek καρδάμωμον, cardamom, for *καρδαμάμωμον, from κάρδαμον, a kind of cress, + άμωμον, a kind of Eastern spice-plant: see Cardamine and Amomum.
 

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/ˈkɑrdəməm/
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