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Curcuma   Listen
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Curcuma  n.  (Bot.) A genus of plants of the order Scitamineae, including the turmeric plant (Curcuma longa).
Curcuma paper. (Chem.) See Turmeric paper, under Turmeric.






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... appendages to plants and animals, which seem to shew they have gradually undergone changes from their original state; such as the stamens without anthers, and styles without stigmas of several plants, as mentioned in the note on Curcuma, Vol. II. of this work. Such is the halteres, or rudiments of wings of some two-winged insects; and the paps of male animals; thus swine have four toes, but two of them are imperfectly formed, and not long enough for use. The allantoide in some animals ...
— The Botanic Garden - A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: The Economy of Vegetation • Erasmus Darwin



Words linked to "Curcuma" :   Zingiberaceae, turmeric, family Zingiberaceae, liliopsid genus, Curcuma longa, monocot genus



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