Definition of Turmerics

1. Noun. (plural of turmeric) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Turmerics

1. turmeric [n] - See also: turmeric

Lexicographical Neighbors of Turmerics

turkises
turkle
turkles
turkling
turkois
turkoises
turkoman
turks
turlough
turloughs
turm
turmaline
turme
turmeric
turmeric root
turmerics (current term)
turmerol
turmes
turmit
turmits
turmoil
turmoiled
turmoiling
turmoils
turms
turn
turn'd
turn-about
turn-around
turn-buckle

Literary usage of Turmerics

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1889)
"... sugar- canes, turmerics, also tropical and South China plants. Throughout the island the wild date, sugar-canes and liquidambar trees flourish. ..."

2. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1860)
"... however, have arisen from the examination of a recent root instead of a dried specimen, as all the turmerics become much darker in drying. ..."

3. Medical and Surgical Reporter (1854)
"Considerable delay had occurred while revising his history of the Cardamoms and turmerics—not matters of great practical moment, but sufficiently important ..."

4. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1904)
"In habit above ground it resembles the turmerics (Curcuma) but has the pseudo-stem of Amomum ; the subterranean habit is very similar to that of some of the ..."

5. A Complete Descriptive and Statistical Gazetteer of the United States of by Daniel Haskel, John Calvin Smith (1843)
"It has a store, 1 flouring m., and 2 saw in. There are in the t., 7 stores, cap. $3300; 2 turmerics, 1 printing office, 1 weekly newspaper, 2 saw m. ..."

6. Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science (1867)
"... when the salt in their turmerics is detected, have been known to state ID extenuation that the article had been damaged by seawater, although men in ..."

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