ELETTARIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Elettaria mean? 

• ELETTARIA (noun)
  The noun ELETTARIA has 1 sense:

1. cardamom

  Familiarity information: ELETTARIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELETTARIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cardamom

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Elettaria; genus Elettaria

Hypernyms ("Elettaria" is a kind of...):

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "Elettaria"):

cardamom; cardamon; Elettaria cardamomum (rhizomatous herb of India having aromatic seeds used as seasoning)

Holonyms ("Elettaria" is a member of...):

family Zingiberaceae; ginger family; Zingiberaceae (a family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order Musales)

 Context examples 

The essential oil from Elettaria cardomomum.

(Cardamom Oil, NCI Thesaurus)