Definitions

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  • proper noun A genus of about 80 accepted species in the plant family Zingiberaceae that contains such species as turmeric and Siam Tulip.

Etymologies

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From New Latin, from Arabic كركم (kúrkum, "turmeric")

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Examples

  • Turmeric is botanically known as Curcuma longa, derived from the old Arabic name for the kurkum.

    Wil's Ebay E-Store 2010

  • Turmeric is botanically known as Curcuma longa, derived from the old Arabic name for the kurkum.

    Wil's Ebay E-Store 2010

  • Turmeric is botanically known as Curcuma longa, derived from the old Arabic name for the kurkum.

    Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34;Nutrition 2010

  • Turmeric is botanically known as Curcuma longa, derived from the old Arabic name for the kurkum.

    Wil's Ebay E-Store 2010

  • Turmeric is botanically known as Curcuma longa, derived from the old Arabic name for the kurkum.

    Wil's Ebay E-Store 2010

  • Curcumin comes from a perennial herb called Curcuma longa. products from reliable chinese wholesalers on DHgate. com!

    China Post Online - Taiwan , News , Taiwan newspaper 2010

  • Turmeric is botanically known as Curcuma longa, derived from the old Arabic name for the kurkum.

    Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34;Nutrition 2010

  • Turmeric is botanically known as Curcuma longa, derived from the old Arabic name for the kurkum.

    Wil's Ebay E-Store 2010

  • Before night we had sighted the Ras Kurkumah, so called from its "Curcuma" (turmeric) hue, the yellow point facing the islet-tomb of Shaykh Marbat. [

    The Land of Midian — Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855

  • Curcumin, chemically diferuloylmethane, and its derivatives demethoxycurcumin and bisdemethoxycurcumin, collectively known as curcuminoids, are responsible for the yellow pigment derived from the roots of the perennial herb turmeric Curcuma longa L.

    Forever Young M.D. Nicholas Perricone 2010

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  • See curcuma.

    December 7, 2011