cardamom['kα:dəməm]
(alsocardamum)
noun
1the aromatic seeds of a plant of the ginger family, used as a spice.
2the SE Asian plant which bears cardamom seeds. [Elettaria cardamomum.]
Origin
ME: from OFr.cardamomeor L.cardamomum, from Gkkardamōmon, fromkardamon'cress' +amōmon, the name of a kind of spice plant.