TURMERIC
Turmeric
Turmeric is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant of the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It is native to tropical Indian Subcontinent and needs temperatures between 20 °C and 30 °C and a considerable amount of annual rainfall to thrive. Plants are gathered annually for their rhizomes, and propagated from some of those rhizomes in the following season.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Turmeric
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turmeric
Noun
- An Indian plant, , with aromatic rhizomes, part of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae).
- The pulverized rhizome of the turmeric plant, used for stimulation, flavoring and to add a bright yellow color to food.
- A yellow to reddish-brown dye extracted from the turmeric plant.
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