See also:

• TURMERIC (from Fr. terre Write, turmeric, Lat. terra merita, deserved, i.e. excellent earth; Skeat suggests that it is a barbarous corruption, perhaps of Arabic karkam, kurkum, saffron or curcuma)

TURMERIC (from Fr. terre Write, turmeric, See also:

• LAT

Lat. terra merita, deserved, i.e. excellent See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth; See also:

• SKEAT, WALTER WILLIAM (1835– )

Skeat suggests that it is a barbarous corruption, perhaps of Arabic karkam, kurkum, See also:

• SAFFRON (Arab. za'faran)

saffron or curcuma)  , the tuberous See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root of Curcuma longa, L., an herbaceous perennial plant belonging to the natural See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order Zingiberaceae . It is a native of See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• ASIA

Asia, being cultivated on a large See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale both on the mainland and in the islands of the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian Ocean . See also:

• TURMERIC (from Fr. terre Write, turmeric, Lat. terra merita, deserved, i.e. excellent earth; Skeat suggests that it is a barbarous corruption, perhaps of Arabic karkam, kurkum, saffron or curcuma)

Turmeric has been used from a remote See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period both as a condiment and as a dyestuff, and to a more limited extent as a See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine (now obsolete) . In See also:

• EUROPE

Europe it is employed chiefly as a dye, also as an ingredient in See also:

• CURRY

curry See also:

• POWDER (through O. Fr. puldre, modern poudre, from Lat. pulvis, pulveris, dust)

powder and as a chemical test for alkalies . The root is prepared by cleaning it and drying it in an See also:

• OVEN (O. Eng. of n,Ger. Ofen, cf. Gr. Irvin, oven)

oven . There are several varieties (See also:

• MADRAS

Madras, See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal, Gopalpur, See also:

• JAVA

Java, See also:

• CHINA

China and See also:

• COCHIN
• COCHIN, DENYS MARIE PIERRE AUGUSTIN (1851L'Evolution de la vie (1895); Le Monde exterieur (1845); Contre les barbares (1899)

Cochin turmeric), differing chiefly in See also:

• SIZE

size and See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour and to a slight degree in flavour . Some of these consist exclusively of the ovate central tubers, known as " bulbs," or " See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round turmeric," and others of the somewhat cylindrical lateral tubers, which are distinguished in See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade as " fingers," or " See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long turmeric." Both are hard and tough, but break with a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short resinous or waxy fracture, which varies in tint from an See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

orange See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown to a deep reddish brown . The colour is due to curcumin, C1,H1607, of which the See also:

• DRUG
• DRUG (from Fr. drogue, a word common in Romance languages, cf. Span. and Ital. droga; the origin of the word is obscure, but may possibly be connected with Dutch droog, dry)

drug contains about o•3% . When pure it forms yellow crystals having a See also:

• VANILLA

vanilla odour and exhibiting a See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue colour in reflected See also:

• LIGHT

light . It is soluble in See also:

• ALCOHOL

alcohol, in See also:

• CHLOROFORM (trichlor-methane), CHC13

chloroform and in alkaline solutions, but only sparingly in See also:

• WATER

water . See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

Paper tinged with a See also:

• TINCTURE (Fr. teinture, Lat. tinctura, tingere, to dye, stain)

tincture of turmeric exhibits on the addition of an See also:

• ALKALI

alkali a reddish brown tint, which becomes See also:

• VIOLET

violet on drying . This peculiarity was pointed out by H .

A . See also:

• VOGEL, EDUARD (1829-1856)
• VOGEL, SIR JULIUS (1835-1899)

Vogel in 1815, and since that date turmeric has been utilized as a chemical test for detecting alkalinity . It is of no therapeutic value . In Sierra Leone a See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of turmeric is obtained from a See also:

• SPECIES

species of Canna .