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CURCUMA

\kɜːkˈuːmə], \kɜːkˈuːmə], \k_ɜː_k_ˈuː_m_ə]\

Definitions of CURCUMA

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A plant genus of the family ZINGIBERACEAE that contains CURCUMIN and curcuminoids.

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Turmeric, the rhizome of Curcuma longa or C. rotunda (Amomum curcuma), an Indian plant of the ginger family; was formerly employed as a stimulant and in the treatment of jaundice, but is now used only as a condiment.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

See Turmeric and Zedoary.

1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
By Alexander Duane

Turmeric, substance used in curry-powder, as test for alkalis (c. paper), &c.; genus of tuberous plants yielding this& other commercial substances. [Latin]

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

See Turmeric.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A genus of the Zingibereae.
Of the U. S. Ph., 1870; turmeric, the rhizome of C. longa.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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