English noun: Curcuma longa | |||
1. | Curcuma longa (plant) widely cultivated tropical plant of India having yellow flowers and a large aromatic deep yellow rhizome; source of a condiment and a yellow dye | ||
Synonyms | Curcuma domestica, turmeric | ||
Broader (hypernym) | herb, herbaceous plant | ||
Part holonym | turmeric | ||
Member meronym | Curcuma, genus Curcuma | ||