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Turmeric : (noun)
1: widely cultivated tropical plant of India having yellow
flowers and a large aromatic deep yellow rhizome; source
of a condiment and a yellow dye [syn: Curcuma longa, Curcuma
domestica]
2: ground dried rhizome of the turmeric plant used as seasoning
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Turmeric : \Tur"mer*ic\, n. [F. terre-m['e]rite, NL. terramerita,
turmerica; apparently meaning, excellent earth, but perhaps a
corruption of Ar. kurkum. Cf. Curcuma.]
1. (Bot.) An East Indian plant of the genus Curcuma, of the
Ginger family.
2. The root or rootstock of the Curcuma longa. It is
externally grayish, but internally of a deep, lively
yellow or saffron color, and has a slight aromatic smell,
and a bitterish, slightly acrid taste. It is used for a
dye, a medicine, a condiment, and a chemical test.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Turmeric : \Tur"mer*ic\, a. (Chem.)
Of or pertaining to turmeric; resembling, or obtained from,
turmeric; specif., designating an acid obtained by the
oxidation of turmerol.
Turmeric paper (Chem.), paper impregnated with turmeric and
used as a test for alkaline substances, by which it is
changed from yellow to brown.
Turmeric root. (Bot.)
(a) Bloodroot.
(b) Orangeroot.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Bloodroot \Blood"root`\, n. (Bot.)
A plant ({Sanguinaria Canadensis), with a red root and red
sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; --
called also puccoon, redroot, bloodwort, tetterwort,
turmeric, and Indian paint. It has acrid emetic
properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant
expectorant. See Sanguinaria.
Note: In England the name is given to the tormentil, once
used as a remedy for dysentery.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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