cardamom

«cardamom» in Mova's school dictionary: a sweet, strongly scented spice made from the small green… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (cardamom — uncountable as a spice; a cardamom pod, cardamom pods)

meaning for a pupil

1) Cardamom is a sweet, strongly scented spice made from the small green or black seed pods of a plant in the ginger family. tree →

2) The cardamom plant is the tall tropical plant that these pods grow on, mostly in India, Sri Lanka and Guatemala. tree →

sense in the lessons

In cooking it flavours curries, rice, Indian sweets, chai tea, Scandinavian buns and Arabic coffee. In geography and history lessons it is one of the spices traders carried along the spice routes. Phrases: cardamom pods, ground cardamom, a pinch of cardamom.

examples

• Mum crushed three cardamom pods for the rice. tree →
• The cinnamon and cardamom buns smelled wonderful. tree →
• Chai tea is spiced with cardamom, ginger and cloves. tree →
• Cardamom is one of the most expensive spices in the world. tree →
• Traders brought cardamom from India to Europe by ship. tree →
• Add a pinch of ground cardamom to the biscuit dough. tree →

note

The spice is uncountable (some cardamom), but the pods are countable (two cardamom pods). Spelling: cardamom (ends -mom); «cardamon» is a common variant, but cardamom is the standard spelling. Said «KAR-da-mum».

Trees and pragmatics

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