Cardamom
Cardamom (kar"dȧ*mum) , noun
[Latin cardamomun, Greek karda`mwmon]
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.
(Botany) A rhizomatous herb which produces cardamoms, esp. Elettaria Cardamomum and several species of Amomum.