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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. perennial herb of northeastern United States having a thick knotted yellow rootstock and large rounded leaves;
[syn: goldenseal, golden seal, yellow root, turmeric root, Hydrastis Canadensis]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Turmeric \Tur"mer*ic\, a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to turmeric; resembling, or obtained from, turmeric; specif., designating an acid obtained by the oxidation of turmerol. [1913 Webster] Turmeric paper (Chem.), paper impregnated with turmeric and used as a test for alkaline substances, by which it is changed from yellow to brown. Turmeric root. (Bot.) (a) Bloodroot. (b) Orangeroot. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

turmeric root n 1: perennial herb of northeastern United States having a thick knotted yellow rootstock and large rounded leaves [syn: goldenseal, golden seal, yellow root, turmeric root, Hydrastis Canadensis]