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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 curcuma
 薑黃

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 cur·cu·ma /ˈkɝkjəmə/ 名詞

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Zed·o·a·ry n.  Med. A medicinal substance obtained in the East Indies, having a fragrant smell, and a warm, bitter, aromatic taste. It is used in medicine as a stimulant.
 Note: ☞ It is the rhizome of different species of Curcuma, esp. Curcuma zedoaria, and comes in short, firm pieces, externally of a wrinkled gray, ash-colored appearance, but within of a brownish red color. There are two kinds, round zedoary, and long zedoary.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cur·cu·ma n.  Bot. A genus of plants of the order Scitamineæ, including the turmeric plant (Curcuma longa).
 Curcuma paper. Chem. See Turmeric paper, under Turmeric.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Curcuma
      n : tropical Asiatic perennial herbs [syn: genus Curcuma]