turmeric
noun/ˈtɜːmərɪk/
/ˈtɜːrmərɪk/
[uncountable]- a yellow powder made from the root of an Asian plant, used in cooking as a spice, especially in curryTopics Foodc2Word Originlate Middle English (earlier as tarmaret): perhaps from French terre mérite and modern Latin terra merita, literally ‘deserving earth’, or perhaps an alteration of an oriental word.
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