curcuma

/kur-kyoo-muh/US // ˈkɜr kyʊ mə //UK // (ˈkɜːkjʊmə) //

姜黄,莪术,咖哩,姜黄素

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : any 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.

Other changes of vegetables from climate or other causes are remarked in the note on Curcuma in the same work.
When a ponçeau red is wanted, two ounces of pounded curcuma (turmeric) should be added.
An orange tinge is derived from the turmeric extracted from the short root stocks of a plant of the genus Curcuma.
Turmeric is the root portion of a plant called curcuma tinctoria, that grows in Southern Asia.
Turmeric is a powder obtained from the ground-up tubers of Curcuma tinctoria, a plant found in India and other Eastern countries.