Cardamom /(kär"dȧ*mŭm)/

Car·da·mom

Cardamom

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