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Webster 1913 Edition

Cardamom

Car′da-mom

(kär′dȧ-mŭm)
,
Noun.
[L.
cardamomun
, Gr.
καρδάμωμον
]
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.
[Also spelled
cardamum
.]

Syn. – cardamon.
2.
(Bot.)
A rhizomatous herb which produces cardamoms, esp.
Elettaria Cardamomum
and several species of
Amomum
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cardamom

CARDAMOM

,
Noun.
A plant of the genus Amomum, and its seeds, a native of India. The seeds of this plant, which grow in a pod, have a warm aromatic flavor, and are used in medicine.

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