turmeric
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turmeric /ˈtəːmərɪk/
▶noun
- 1 a bright yellow aromatic powder obtained from the rhizome of a plant, used for flavouring and colouring in Asian cookery and formerly as a fabric dye.
- 2 the Asian plant of the ginger family from which turmeric is obtained. [Curcuma longa.]
– origin ME (earlier as tarmaret): perh. from Fr. terre mérite and mod. L. terra merita, lit. ‘deserving earth’.
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