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n.
A genus of plants of the order Scitamineae, including the turmeric plant (Curcuma longa).
a.
Of or pertaining to turmeric; resembling, or obtained from, turmeric; specif., designating an acid obtained by the oxidation of turmerol.
n.
The root or rootstock of the Curcuma longa. It is externally grayish, but internally of a deep, lively yellow or saffron color, and has a slight aromatic smell, and a bitterish, slightly acrid taste. It is used for a dye, a medicine, a condiment, and a chemical test.
n.
A troop; a company.
n.
See Tourmaline.
v. i.
To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion.
n.
An East Indian plant of the genus Curcuma, of the Ginger family.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Turmoil
n.
Harassing labor; trouble; molestation by tumult; disturbance; worrying confusion.
n.
The coloring principle of turmeric, or curcuma root, extracted as an orange yellow crystalline substance, C14H14O4, with a green fluorescence.
n.
A plant (Sanguinaria Canadensis), with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; -- called also puccoon, redroot, bloodwort, tetterwort, turmeric, and Indian paint. It has acrid emetic properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant expectorant. See Sanguinaria.
n.
Turmeric oil, a brownish yellow, oily substance extracted from turmeric by ligroin.
v. t.
To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry.
imp. & p. p.
of Turmoil
n.
A pother; a tumult; a confused noise; turmoil; bustle.
n.
A turmoil; a broil; a fray; a fight.
a.
Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Scitamineae), mostly tropical herbs, including the ginger, Indian shot, banana, and the plants producing turmeric and arrowroot.
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