English-Thai Dictionary
curcuma
N พืช พวก ขมิ้น
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CURCUMA
Cur "cu *ma (kr "k-m ), n. Etym: [Cf. F., It. , & Sp. curcuma; all fr. Ar. kurkum. Cf. Turmeric. ] (Bot. )
Defn: A genus of plants of the order Scitamineæ, including the turmeric plant (Curcuma longa ). Curcuma paper. (Chem. ) See Turmeric paper, under Turmeric.
New American Oxford Dictionary
curcuma
cur cu ma |ˈkərkyəmə ˈkərkjəmə | ▶noun a tropical Asian plant of a genus that includes turmeric, zedoary, and other species that yield spices, dyes, and medicinal products. [Genus Curcuma, family Zingiberaceae. ] ORIGIN modern Latin, from Arabic kurkum ‘saffron, ’ from Sanskrit kuṅkuma (so named because the color of turmeric resembles that of saffron ).
Oxford Dictionary
curcuma
curcuma |ˈkəːkjʊmə | ▶noun a tropical Asian plant of a genus that includes turmeric, zedoary, and other species that yield spices, dyes, and medicinal products. ●Genus Curcuma, family Zingiberaceae. ORIGIN modern Latin, from Arabic kurkum ‘saffron ’, from Sanskrit kuṅkuma (so named because the colour of the spices resembles that of saffron ).
Spanish Dictionary
cúrcuma
cúrcuma nombre femenino Planta tropical erguida de flores de color amarillo claro, agrupadas en espigas, fruto en forma de cápsula y raíz parecida a la del jengibre, muy aromática y de sabor amargo :la raíz seca de la cúrcuma se utiliza como especia en la elaboración del curri en polvo .
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