Meaning Of The Word Curcuma
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Curcuma Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Curcuma?
curcuma in American English
any of a genus (Curcuma) of tropical plants of the ginger family, with thick, tuberous rootstocks that yield starch, including the turmeric noun: any of various chiefly Old World plants belonging to the genus Curcuma, of the ginger family, as C. domestica, yielding turmeric, or C. zedoaria, yielding zedoary curcuma in British English noun: any tropical Asian tuberous plant of the genus Curcuma, such as C. longa, which is the source of turmeric, and C. zedoaria, which is the source of zedoary: family Zingiberaceae |
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