zedoary
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of zedoary
1425–75; late Middle English zeduarye < Medieval Latin zeduāria < Arabic zadwār (< Persian ) + Latin -ia -y 3
Example Sentences
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From ajowan to zedoary, there are hundreds of other herbs available, in 17th century Herbalist John Parkinson's phrase, "for use and delight."
From Time Magazine Archive
It is composed of conserve of roses, gillyflowers, borage, candied citron, powder of laetificans Galeni, Roman zedoary, doronicum, and saffron.
From Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire by Ainsworth, William Harrison
The other contains prepared herbs which are useful as preventives--tormentil, valerian, zedoary, angelica, and so forth; but I take it that pure vinegar is as good an antidote to infection as anything one can find.
From The Sign of the Red Cross by Everett-Green, Evelyn
We read of pomegranates, nutmegs, almonds, dates, figs, liquorice, aniseed, cinnamon, and zedoary, an Eastern plant used as a stimulant.
From Of Six Mediæval Women To Which Is Added A Note on Mediæval Gardens by Kemp-Welch, Alice
Curcuma zedoaria.—This plant furnishes zedoary tubers, much used in India as aromatic tonics.
From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William
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