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| tur·mer·ic [ túrmərik ] (plural tur·mer·ics) |
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1. bright yellow spice: a yellow spice made from the dried rhizomes of an Asian plant. Use: cooking, yellow dye.
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2. plant with yellow flowers and rhizomes: a tropical Asian plant of the ginger family with yellow flowers and rhizomes that are dried to produce turmeric. Latin name Curcuma longa.
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| [Mid-16th century. < French terre-mérite "worthy earth"] |
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