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Definition of: curcuma
(kûr′ky
·mə) noun
Any of several plants (genus Curcuma) of the ginger family: the perennial rootstocks of C. longa yield turmeric, and those of C angustifolia the East Indian arrowroot. [<NL <Arabic kurkum saffron]
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