turmeric

A widely cultivated tropical plant (Curcuma longa) of India, having yellow flowers and an aromatic, somewhat fleshy rhizome.

The powdered rhizome of this plant, used as a spice and a yellow dye.

Any of several other plants having similar rhizomes.

In Australia, either of two species of trees: Zieria Smithii, the stinkwood of Tasmania, which see, under stinkwood ; and Hakea dactyloides, an evergreen shrub of the family Proteaceæ.

Noting an acid, a compound, C₁₁H₁₄O₂, formed by the oxidation of turmerol by means of potassium permanganate.

The rhizome of Curcuma longa, a plant of the ginger family, native and long cultivated in the East Indies.

The plant producing turmeric.

The bloodroot, Sanguinaria Canadensis.

An East Indian plant of the genus Curcuma, of the Ginger family.

The root or rootstock of the Curcuma longa. It is externally grayish, but internally of a deep, lively yellow or saffron color, and has a slight aromatic smell, and a bitterish, slightly acrid taste. It is used for a dye, a medicine, a condiment, and a chemical test.