curcuma
any of various chiefly Old World plants belonging to the genus Curcuma, of the ginger family, as C. domestica, yielding turmeric, or C. zedoaria, yielding zedoary.
Origin of curcuma
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Other changes of vegetables from climate or other causes are remarked in the note on curcuma in the same work.
Evolution, Old & New | Samuel ButlerWhen a ponçeau red is wanted, two ounces of pounded curcuma (turmeric) should be added.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreAn orange tinge is derived from the turmeric extracted from the short root stocks of a plant of the genus curcuma.
Oriental Rugs | Walter A. HawleyTurmeric is the root portion of a plant called curcuma tinctoria, that grows in Southern Asia.
The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing | Watson SmithTurmeric is a powder obtained from the ground-up tubers of curcuma tinctoria, a plant found in India and other Eastern countries.
Vegetable Dyes | Ethel M. Mairet
British Dictionary definitions for curcuma
/ (ˈkɜːkjʊmə) /
any tropical Asian tuberous plant of the genus Curcuma, such as C. longa, which is the source of turmeric, and C. zedoaria, which is the source of zedoary: family Zingiberaceae
Origin of curcuma
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