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turmeric/ˈtɜ:mərik/n. 1 a tropical Asian plant, Curcuma longa, of the ginger family, yielding aromatic rhizomes used as a spice and for yellow dye 姜黄(亚洲热带地区产的姜类植物，其芳香的根茎可用作调料和黄色染料) 2 this rhizome powdered and used as a spice esp. in curry powder 姜黄根粉末(可用作香料，尤用于制作咖喱粉) [16th-c. forms tarmaret etc. perhaps from French terre mérite and modern Latin terra merita, literally ‘deserving earth’, perhaps an alteration of an oriental word] |