cardamom; medicinal plant; metaphor for a teenage girl
Meanings
3 senses · 8 examplesnoun
cardamom plant (Amomum tsaoko or related species); a perennial herb
neutralSpecifically refers to the herbaceous plant. Its flowers, fruit, and seeds are used in traditional Chinese medicine.
Cardamom mainly grows in the southern regions of China.
The leaves of this cardamom plant are slender and long.
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Used in medicine, cardamom has the effects of warming the middle and promoting qi flow.
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cardamom (the fruit or seed of the plant); a spice and medicinal ingredient
neutralRefers specifically to the dried fruit pod or seeds used as a spice in cooking or in herbal medicine.
Adding a few cardamom pods when stewing meat makes it more fragrant.
The prescription requires three grams of cardamom.
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She ground the cardamom seeds into powder.
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a teenage girl (in her early teens); maiden
literaryA classical literary metaphor, famously from Du Mu's poem "Farewell". Rarely used in modern spoken language except in set phrases.
Du Mu's line "like cardamom at the tip of a branch in early February" is often quoted.
She is in the bloom of youth, full of vitality.