curcuma

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkɜːkjʊmə/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kûr′kyŏŏ mə)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
cur•cu•ma  (kûr′kyŏŏ mə),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologyany 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.
  • Arabic kurkum saffron, turmeric; compare crocus
  • Neo-Latin
  • 1610–20

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
curcuma / ˈkɜːkjʊmə/
  1. 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
Etymology: 17th Century: from New Latin, from Arabic kurkum turmeric
'curcuma' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
curcumin - turmeric - zedoary

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