ELETTARIA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Cardamom

Synonyms:

Elettaria; genus Elettaria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)