cardamom
/ˈkɑrdəməm/
noun
- A spice made from the seeds of a plant in the ginger family, used in cooking and baking for its strong, sweet, and slightly spicy flavor.
- She added a pinch of cardamom to the chai tea for extra warmth.
- The cookies had a subtle hint of cardamom that made them taste exotic.
- Cardamom is a key ingredient in many Indian and Middle Eastern dishes.
- The plant itself that produces the cardamom spice, native to South Asia.
- Farmers carefully harvest the cardamom pods by hand before they fully ripen.
- Cardamom grows best in the shady, humid forests of southern India.
- The cardamom plant can reach up to four meters in height.