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Definition of Genus elettaria
1. Noun. Cardamom.
Exact synonyms: Elettaria
Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Genus, Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Zingiberaceae, Ginger Family, Zingiberaceae
Member holonyms: Cardamom, Cardamon, Elettaria Cardamomum
Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Genus, Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Zingiberaceae, Ginger Family, Zingiberaceae
Member holonyms: Cardamom, Cardamon, Elettaria Cardamomum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Elettaria
Literary usage of Genus elettaria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Materia Indica, Or, Some Account of Those Articles which are Employed by the by Whitelaw Ainslie (1826)
"The plant which produces the lesser cardamom seed, has lately occasioned the
establishing of a new genus (elettaria), and which has been so named from the ..."
2. Medicinal Plants: Being Descriptions with Original Figures of the Principal ...by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen (1880)
"Lindl., Veg. Kingd., p. 165; Le Maout and Dec., p. 760. genus elettaria,* Maton.
Endlicher, Gen. Plant., p. 223. Species about 8, natives of tropical Asia. ..."