Relating to or derived from amomum (a spice plant); having qualities of amomum.
From amomum (a genus of cardamom plants from Greek amodon) + -al (suffix making adjective). Technical botanical and culinary term.
This fancy-sounding adjective describes things related to cardamom spices that have been traded along the Silk Road for thousands of years—when medieval cooks said 'amomal flavors,' they meant the expensive, exotic taste of the Orient.
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