Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of plants, natural order Scitamineœ, belonging to tropical regions of the old world, and allied to the ginger-plant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A genus of aromatic plants. It includes species which bear cardamoms, and grains of paradise.
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Examples
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"Amomum meleguetta" amended to _Amomum melegueta_.
Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture William Saunders 1861
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Large cardamom, also called Nepal or greater Indian cardamom, is the seed of a cardamom relative, Amomum subulatum, which grows in the eastern Himalayas of North India, Nepal, and Bhutan.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Other species of Amomum and Aframomum are also used.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Other species of Amomum and Aframomum are also used.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Large cardamom, also called Nepal or greater Indian cardamom, is the seed of a cardamom relative, Amomum subulatum, which grows in the eastern Himalayas of North India, Nepal, and Bhutan.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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(Amomum granum Paradisi), fresh or old, is not only a toothstick, but a fetish of superior power when carried on journeys.
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003
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Amomum Grana-Paradisi_, which is indigenous to the islands of
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Dr. Pereira, from a careful examination and close inquiry, is of opinion that the _Amomum Grana-Paradisi_ of Smith, and the _Amamum
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Various species of _Alpiniæ_, _Amomum_, _Elettaria_, _and Renealmia_, appear to furnish the cardamoms of the shops, which consist of the oval, trivalvular capsules containing the seeds.
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_Zingiber officinale_, L. (_Amomum zingiber_, L. and Blanco.)
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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