[Sca-cooks] Latin names for spices.

[Gretchen M Beck]

According to Britannica Online, the answers are
ginger: Zingiber officinale
mace : Myristica fragrans (the dried aril of lacy covering of the nutmet
fruit of ...)
cloves: Syzygium armaticum (sometimes Eugenia caryophyllata)
garlic (I know it's Allium something): Allium sativum
saffron: Crocus sativus
cinnamon: Cinnamonum zeylanicum

toodles, margaret