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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Turmeric
Britannica 11thTURMERIC (from Fr. terre merite, 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), the tuberous root of Curcuma longa, L., an herbaceous perenni ...
Vol. 27, pp. 474-474
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