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GENUS ELETTARIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Elettaria mean?
• GENUS ELETTARIA (noun)
The noun GENUS ELETTARIA has 1 sense:
1. cardamom
Familiarity information: GENUS ELETTARIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cardamom
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Elettaria; genus Elettaria
Hypernyms ("genus Elettaria" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "genus Elettaria"):
cardamom; cardamon; Elettaria cardamomum (rhizomatous herb of India having aromatic seeds used as seasoning)
Holonyms ("genus Elettaria" is a member of...):
family Zingiberaceae; ginger family; Zingiberaceae (a family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order Musales)
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