An alternative spelling of cardamom, referring to the same warm aromatic spice made from seed pods of a tropical Asian plant.
From Greek 'kardamon,' this variant spelling reflects historical differences in transliteration from Sanskrit and other Asian languages. Different European languages adopted slightly different versions of the word.
Different spellings of 'cardamom' exist because it came to European languages from multiple Asian languages at different times—it's like the word got bounced around trade routes so much it picked up different spellings like souvenirs.
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