turmeric
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English turmeryte, tarmaret, of uncertain origin. Possibly corrupted from Arabic كُرْكُم (kurkum, “Curcuma”). Others have theorized it might come from Old French terre mérite (“deserving earth”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɜɹ.məɹ.ɪk/, [ˈtʰɝ.mɚ.ɪk], (nonstandard, sometimes proscribed) /ˈtuː.mə.ɹɪk/, [ˈtʰu.mɚ.ɪk]
Audio (US) (file) - (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɜː.m(ə).ɹɪk/, (nonstandard, sometimes proscribed) /ˈtjuː.m(ə).ɹɪk/, /ˈtʃuː.m(ə).ɹɪk/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (Philippine) IPA(key): /təɹ.ˈmɛ.ɾɪk/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)məɹɪk, -uːməɹɪk, -ɜː(ɹ)mɹɪk, -uːmɹɪk
Noun[edit]
turmeric (countable and uncountable, plural turmerics)
- (botany) An Indian plant (Curcuma longa), with aromatic rhizomes, part of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae).
- (cooking) The pulverized rhizome of the turmeric plant, used for flavoring and to add a bright yellow color to food.
- Synonym: haldi
- A yellow to reddish-brown dye extracted from the turmeric plant.
- Synonym: E100
- turmeric:
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
Translations[edit]
plant
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spice
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dye
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “termerite, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-25.
- Klein, Dr. Ernest, A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, Amsterdam: Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co., 1971.
Further reading[edit]
- “turmeric”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- turmeric on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Curcuma longa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
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