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CURCUMA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical Asiatic perennial herbs
Synonyms:
Curcuma; genus Curcuma
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Curcuma" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Curcuma"):
Curcuma domestica; Curcuma longa; turmeric (widely cultivated tropical plant of India having yellow flowers and a large aromatic deep yellow rhizome; source of a condiment and a yellow dye)
Holonyms ("Curcuma" is a member of...):
family Zingiberaceae; ginger family; Zingiberaceae (a family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order Musales)
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