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Elettaria

noun

cardamom

• Syn: ↑genus Elettaria

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Zingiberaceae, ↑family Zingiberaceae, ↑ginger family

• Member Meronyms: ↑cardamom, ↑cardamon, ↑Elettaria cardamomum

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\\ˌeləˈta(a)rēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, probably from a native name like Javanese ela-ela cardamom, probably reduplication of Sanskrit elā

: a genus of East Indian herbs (family Zingiberaceae) having lanceolate sheathing leaves and small purple-striped flowers in a long spike — see cardamom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.