Amomum
a genus of plants belonging to the order zingiberaceæ, or gingerworts. They are natives of hot countries. The seeds of A. granum parad A. maximum, and on the frontiers of Bengal of A. aromaticum, are the chief of the aromatic seeds called cardamoms.
A pungent flavor is imparted to spirituous liquor by the hot acrid seeds of A. angustifolium, macrospermum, maxi mum, and clusii. It is also the specific name of the sison amomum, the hedge- Bastard bastard stone-parsley.
AMPHIBIA 800 в. c.), he came forward to denounce the idolatry then prevalent.