AMOMUM

Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1842 · p. 2

(hhamama, Arabic; ctf/,6iifjt,ov, o{ the Greeks.) A Zingiberaceous plant, with aromatic seeds, much employed under the name of cardamoms, grains of Paradise, . The species occur exclusively in the Jiottest parts of India and Africa. [s. 54]