Amomum

A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | 207 words | Copyright

Amomum (family Zingiberaceae) A genus of 90 species of Old World tropical, rhizomatous (see RHIZOME), aromatic herbs, whose flowers are usually borne on leafless scapes. A. aromaticum, of India, is cardamom.

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