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curcuma
[ kur-kyoo-muh ]
noun
- 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.
curcuma
/ ˈkɜːkjʊmə /
noun
- 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
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Example Sentences
Other changes of vegetables from climate or other causes are remarked in the note on Curcuma in the same work.
When a ponçeau red is wanted, two ounces of pounded curcuma (turmeric) should be added.
An orange tinge is derived from the turmeric extracted from the short root stocks of a plant of the genus Curcuma.
Turmeric is the root portion of a plant called curcuma tinctoria, that grows in Southern Asia.
Turmeric is a powder obtained from the ground-up tubers of Curcuma tinctoria, a plant found in India and other Eastern countries.
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