Turmeric

ter'mer-ik, n. (Bot.) An E. Indian plant; its root or rootstock, used as a con-.. pow- Common Turkey-cock, diment (in curry der), a dye (yellow), a chemical test, and a medicine. — Turmeric paper. (Chem.) A kind of unsized paper stained yellow with a decoction of turmeric, used as a test for free alkali, which changes its color to brown.