ămōmum or -on, i, n., = ἄμωμον,
an aromatic shrub , from which the Romans prepared a costly , fragrant balsam : Cissus vitiginea, Linn.; Plin. 12, 13, 28, § 43; 16, 32, 59, § 135: Assyrium vulgo nascetur amomum, Verg. E. 4, 25; so id. ib. 3, 89; Ov. P 1, 9, 52; Mart. 5, 65; Pers. 3, 104.