CARDAMUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cardamum mean? 

• CARDAMUM (noun)
  The noun CARDAMUM has 1 sense:

1. aromatic seeds used as seasoning like cinnamon and cloves especially in pickles and barbecue sauces

  Familiarity information: CARDAMUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARDAMUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Aromatic seeds used as seasoning like cinnamon and cloves especially in pickles and barbecue sauces

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

cardamom; cardamon; cardamum

Hypernyms ("cardamum" is a kind of...):

flavorer; flavoring; flavourer; flavouring; seasoner; seasoning (something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts)

Holonyms ("cardamum" is a part of...):

cardamom; cardamon; Elettaria cardamomum (rhizomatous herb of India having aromatic seeds used as seasoning)

 Context examples 

She came up to me one evening, when I was very low, to ask (she being then afflicted with the disorder I have mentioned) if I could oblige her with a little tincture of cardamums mixed with rhubarb, and flavoured with seven drops of the essence of cloves, which was the best remedy for her complaint;—or, if I had not such a thing by me, with a little brandy, which was the next best.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)