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‖ amomum|əˈməʊməm|
Rarely in 7 amomus.
[L. amōmum, a. Gr. ἄµωµον applied to some, perhaps several, oriental spice plants.]
An odoriferous plant. The Amomum of the ancients not being certainly identified, the word was used with uncertain denotation by earlier writers; it is now appropriated to a genus of aromatic plants (family Zingiberaceæ) including the species which yield Cardamoms and Grains of Paradise.
1398Trevisa Barth De P.R. xvii. viii. (1495) 607 Amomum hath that name for it smellyth as Canell dooth: that hyghte Cynamun. 1551Turner Herbal (1568) 26 Amomum is a small bushe.. Some call it a christenmase rose. 1637Nabbes Microcosm. in Dodsl. IX 140 Perfumes, no Persian aromats, Pontic amomus, or Indian balsam Can imitate. a1719Addison Dial. Medals xxiv. (1727) 140 Let Araby extol her happy coast Her Cinnamon and sweet Amomum boast. 1769Sir J. Hill Fam. Herbal (1812) 8 The common amomum [Sison Amomum] otherwise called bastard stone parsley. 1855Singleton Virgil I 21 And prickly brier amomum yield. |