See Also: straightwise(dictionary)

cardamom (iou) and straightwise (iou)


cardamom (iou)



cardamom noun. Also cardamum. LME.
[Old & mod. French cardamome or Latin cardamomum from Greek kardamomon, from kardamon cress + amomon AMOMUM.]
A spice consisting of or made from the seed capsules of various Indo-Malayan plants, esp. Elettaria cardamomum; a plant yielding this.

straightwise (iou)



straightwise adverb. rare. L16.
[formed as STRAIGHTWAY + -WISE.]
= STRAIGHTWAY 2.