Cardamom (disambiguation)
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Botanical
- CardamomCardamomCardamom refers to several plants of the genera Elettaria and Amomum in the ginger family Zingiberaceae. Both genera are native to India and Bhutan; they are recognised by their small seed pod, triangular in cross-section and spindle-shaped, with a thin papery outer shell and small black seeds...
(or cardamon), species within two genera of the ginger family Zingiberaceae, namely Elettaria and Amomum - Black cardamomBlack cardamomBlack cardamom, also known as hill cardamom, Bengal cardamom, greater cardamom, Indian cardamom, Nepal cardamom, or winged cardamom, brown cardamom, thảo quả and tsao-ko) comes from either of two species in the family Zingiberaceae...
(or brown cardamom), a plant in the family Zingiberaceae having pods used as a spice - Green cardamom, a plant in the family Zingiberaceae having pods used as a spice
- Dwarf cardamom, Alpinia nutansAlpinia nutansAlpinia nutans is a Southeast Asian plant of the ginger family , which is often used as a medicinal plant.-Characteristics:...
, not a spice.
Languages
- Cardamom Khmer (or Western Khmer), a Khmer languageKhmer languageKhmer , or Cambodian, is the language of the Khmer people and the official language of Cambodia. It is the second most widely spoken Austroasiatic language , with speakers in the tens of millions. Khmer has been considerably influenced by Sanskrit and Pali, especially in the royal and religious...
dialect spoken by some Khmer peopleKhmer peopleKhmer people are the predominant ethnic group in Cambodia, accounting for approximately 90% of the 14.8 million people in the country. They speak the Khmer language, which is part of the larger Mon–Khmer language family found throughout Southeast Asia...
Places
- Cardamom HillsCardamom HillsNot to be confused with Cardamom Mountains in Cambodia. For other uses, see Cardamom The Cardamom Hills are part of the southern Western Ghats located in southeast Kerala and southwest Tamil Nadu in South India. Their name comes from the cardamom spice grown in much of the hill's cool elevation,...
, located in south-central Kerala, India - Cardamom MountainsCardamom MountainsThe Krâvanh Mountains, literally the "Cardamom Mountains" , is a mountain range in the south west of Cambodia, jutting into southeastern Thailand.-Location and description:...
(or Krâvanh Mountains), a mountain range in the south-west area of Cambodia, near the border with Thailand
Other
- CARDAMOM (software framework), an open-source middleware framework for distributed and fault-tolerant applications.