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Turmeric

//ˈtɝ.mɚ.ɪk// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An Indian plant (Curcuma longa), with aromatic rhizomes, part of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    ground dried rhizome of the turmeric plant used as seasoning wordnet
  3. 3
    The pulverized rhizome of the turmeric plant, used for flavoring and to add a bright yellow color to food. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    widely cultivated tropical plant of India having yellow flowers and a large aromatic deep yellow rhizome; source of a condiment and a yellow dye wordnet
  5. 5
    A yellow to reddish-brown dye extracted from the turmeric plant. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English turmeryte, tarmaret, of uncertain origin. Possibly corrupted from Arabic كُرْكُم (kurkum, “Curcuma”) or from Old French terre mérite (“deserving earth”), potentially as a folk etymology of the Arabic.

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