AMOMEÆ

(Lat.), n. f. pl. A?m(a’m)-0’me?-e(a?-e?), Fr. amomées. Ger., Amomeen. It., amomee. Sp., amôme as. 1. Of Ju ieu, Kunth, Reichenbach, and Spach, a family (order) of monocotyledonous plants, corresponding to the order Sci tamineæ of other systems. It is divided into the tribes Cannaceæ (Cann) and Sci tamineæ (Zingiber aceæ) |Richard, Kunth], or into the subdivisions Globbeæ. Amomeæ genuine, Alpinieæ, and Costeæ. |Reichenbach (B).] 2: Of A. Richard, a section of the tribe Zingiberacew, corresponding to the Amomæ of Blume. [B, 170.]—A. genu inæ {Reichenbach}. A subdivision of the A. (Ist def.) corresponding to the Amome of Blume. [B, 170.] AMOMEOUS, adj. ’me-us, Lat., amomeus, Fr., amomé, Resembling or allied to the genus Amomum. (L, 116.]