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Turmeric (medicine) and eglatere (iou)


Turmeric (medicine)


turmeric


1. <botany> An East Indian plant of the genus Curcuma, of the Ginger family.

2. The root or rootstock of the Curcuma longa. It is externally grayish, but internally of a deep, lively yellow or saffron colour, 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.

Origin: F. Terre-merite, NL. Terramerita, turmerica; apparently meaning, excellent earth, but perhaps a corruption of Ar. Kurkum. Cf. Curcuma.

<chemistry> Of or pertaining to turmeric; resembling, or obtained from, turmeric; specif, designating an acid obtained by the oxidation of turmerol.

<chemistry> Turmeric paper, paper impregnated with turmeric and used as a test for alkaline substances, by which it is changed from yellow to brown. Turmeric root.

<botany> Bloodroot. Orangeroot.

Source: Websters Dictionary


eglatere (iou)



eglatere noun.Also (earlier) eglantere, eglentere. LME-M19.
[Anglo-Norman eglanter, Old French aiglentier, (also mod.) eglantier, from aiglent (see EGLANTINE) + -ier -ER2.]
Eglantine, sweet-brier.