Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Curcuma

Curcuma (k?r"k?-m?) , noun

[Compare French, Italian, & Sp. curcuma; all from Arabic kurkum. Compare Turmeric.]

(Botany) A genus of plants of the order Scitaminea, including the turmeric plant (Curcuma longa).

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Curcuma paper (Chemistry) , See Turmeric paper, under Turmeric.