turmeric

turmeric is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An East Indian plant of the genus Curcuma, of the Ginger family. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An East Indian plant of the genus Curcuma, of the Ginger family.
2. noun. The root or rootstock of the Curcuma longa. It is externally grayish, but internally of a deep, lively yellow or saffron color, and has a slight aromatic smell, and a bitterish, slightly acrid taste. It is used for a dye, a medicine, a condiment, and a chemical test.
3. adjective. Of or pertaining to turmeric; resembling, or obtained from, turmeric; specif., designating an acid obtained by the oxidation of turmerol.
4. noun. ground dried rhizome of the turmeric plant used as seasoning
5. noun. widely cultivated tropical plant of India having yellow flowers and a large aromatic deep yellow rhizome; source of a condiment and a yellow dye

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