Definitions for amomum
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WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. amomumnoun

   Any of several spices of family Zingiberaceae, including cardamom

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. AMOMUMnoun

   A sort of fruit.

   Etymology: Lat.

   The commentators on Pliny and Dioscorides differ about the ancient amomum; but the generality of them suppose it to be a fruit different from ours. Joseph Justus Scaliger is confident, that the amomum was no fruit; but the wood, which bore some resemblance to a bunch of grapes, and was used in embalming of bodies; whence the name mummy was given to bodies embalmed with it. The modern amomum appears to be the sison, or sium, of the ancients, or bastard stone-parslley. It resembles the muscat grape, grows in clusters, and is about the thickness of a pea, round, membranous, and divided into three cells, that contain several brown angular grains, of a very strong aromatick taste and smell. This fruit is brought from the East Indies, and makes part of the composition of treacle. It is of a hot spicy taste and smell. There is likewise another paler seed, named amomum; but neither are in much repute in physick. Antoine Furetière.

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1. Amomum

   Amomum is a genus of plants native to China, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Queensland. It includes several species of cardamom, especially black cardamom. Plants of this genus are remarkable for their pungency and aromatic properties.Among ancient writers, the name amomum was ascribed to various odoriferous plants that cannot be positively identified today. The word derives from Latin amomum, which is the latinisation of the Greek ἄμωμον (amomon), a kind of an Indian spice plant. Edmund Roberts noted on his 1834 trip to China that amomum was used as a spice to "season sweet dishes" in culinary practice.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Amomumnoun

   a genus of aromatic plants. It includes species which bear cardamoms, and grains of paradise

2. Etymology: [L., fr. Gr. an Indian spice plant.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Amomum

   Amomum is a genus of plant, including several types of cardamom, especially black cardamom. Plants of this genus are remarkable for their pungency and aromatic properties. Among ancient writers, the name amomum was ascribed to various odoriferous plants that cannot be positively identified today. The word derives from Latin amomum, which is the latinisation of the Greek ἄμωμον, a kind of an Indian spice plant.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Amomum

   a-mō′mum, n. a genus of herbaceous tropical plants (nat. ord. Scitamineæ), allied to the ginger-plant, several species yielding the cardamoms and grains of paradise of commerce. [Gr. amōmon.]

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Amomum

   a genus of plants, such as the cardamom and grains of paradise, remarkable for their pungency and aromatic properties.

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Amomum

   A plant genus of the family ZINGIBERACEAE. Members contain aculeatin D, beta-sitosterol, and STIGMASTEROL. Some members have been reclassified to ELETTARIA and other ZINGIBERACEAE.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of amomum in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of amomum in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Amomum
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=amomum
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amomum
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amomum
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=amomum
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=amomum
7. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Amomum