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ZERUMBET

\zˈɛɹʌmbɪt], \zˈɛɹʌmbɪt], \z_ˈɛ_ɹ_ʌ_m_b_ɪ_t]\

Definitions of ZERUMBET

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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z[=e]-rum'bet, n. an East Indian drug, the cassumunar--sometimes for the round zedoary.

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

Zingiber z., or its root stock (z. root).
A section of the genus Zingiber
The genus Curcuma, especially Curcuma z.
The genus Alpinia.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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