CURCUMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Curcuma mean? 

• CURCUMA (noun)
  The noun CURCUMA has 1 sense:

1. tropical Asiatic perennial herbs

  Familiarity information: CURCUMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CURCUMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical Asiatic perennial herbs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Curcuma; genus Curcuma

Hypernyms ("Curcuma" is a kind of...):

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "Curcuma"):

Curcuma domestica; Curcuma longa; turmeric (widely cultivated tropical plant of India having yellow flowers and a large aromatic deep yellow rhizome; source of a condiment and a yellow dye)

Holonyms ("Curcuma" is a member of...):

family Zingiberaceae; ginger family; Zingiberaceae (a family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order Musales)

 Context examples 

A phytopolylphenol pigment isolated from the plant Curcuma longa, commonly known as turmeric, with a variety of pharmacologic properties.

(Curcumin, NCI Thesaurus)

A mixture composed of curcuminoid phenols extracted from the plant Curcuma longa (turmeric root) with potent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.

(Curcumin C3 Complex, NCI Thesaurus)

The scientific name is Curcuma longa.

(Curcuma longa, NCI Dictionary)

Curcuma xanthorrhiza oil is used primarily in skincare preparations.

(Curcuma xanthorrhiza Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

The oil extracted from the root tuber of Curcuma wenyujin.

(Curcuma wenyujin Root Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

A capsule containing an extract of olive oil, rich in polyphenols, and curcumin, the polyphenol derived from the plant Curcuma longa, also known as turmeric, with potential anti-neoplastic, -angiogenic, -inflammatory, -oxidant and chemopreventive activities.

(Olive Oil Extract/Curcumin-based Capsule, NCI Thesaurus)

The oil extracted from the root tuber of Curcuma xanthorrhiza.

(Curcuma xanthorrhiza Oil, NCI Thesaurus)