turmeric
/ˈtɜːmərɪk/noun
mass noun
1
- a bright yellow aromatic powder obtained from the rhizome of a plant of the ginger family, used for flavouring and colouring in Asian cookery and formerly as a fabric dye姜黄根粉, 郁金根粉。
2
- the Asian plant from which this rhizome is obtained姜黄, 郁金。
2.1
- Curcuma longa, family Zingiberaceae.拉丁名Curcuma longa,姜科。
词源
late Middle English （earlier as tarmaret）： perhaps from French terre mérite and modern Latin terra merita, literally 'deserving earth', perhaps an alteration of an oriental word.