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zedoary|ˈzɛdəʊərɪ|
Forms: 5–6 zeduarye, -ie, 6 zedwary, 6–7 zedoarie, 6– zedoary.
[ad. med.L. zedoārium, -ia (also zedu-), ad. Arab. zedwār: cf. OF. zedouar, zedoar, mod.F. zédoaire, Prov. zeduari, Sp., It. zedoaria, Pg. zeduaria, It. zettovario, OHG., MHG. zitwar (G. zitwer). See also setwall.]
The aromatic tuberous root of one or more species of Curcuma (N.O. Zingiberaceæ), of the East Indies and neighbouring countries, sold in two forms, long zedoary and round zedoary, and used as a drug, having properties resembling those of ginger; also the plant itself. yellow zedoary = cassumunar.
c1475Nominale in Wr.-Wülcker 714/11 Hoc zeduarium, zeduarye. c1550Lloyd Treas. Health I vj, Zedwary, chawed..and swallowed..taketh awaye the grefe of the bely. 1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. iii. 103 Zedoary is most powerfull against vitreous Phlegm. 1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 332 Zedoary, round, Kæmpferia. Zedoary, long, Amomum. 1773W. Lewis C. Neumann's Chem. Wks. (ed. 2) II. 201 Zedoary is the root of a plant said to be of the Ginger kind, growing in different parts of the East Indies, and brought to us chiefly from Bengal. 1858Hogg Veg. Kingd. 784 From the roots of Zingiber casumunar, the article known in commerce as Casumunar, or Yellow Zedoary, is obtained... Long Zedoary is the root of Curcuma zerumbet, a native of the East Indies... Round Zedoary is furnished by C. zedoaria. 1880C. R. Markham Peruv. Bark 347 The undergrowth..consists of cardamom, wild ginger, zedoary, rattan, a small bamboo,..and a few ferns.
attrib.1741Compl. Fam.-Piece i. i. 40 Take..Zedoary Root 10 Grains. 1866Treas. Bot. s.v. Curcuma, C. aromatica and C. Zedoaria furnish Zedoary tubers,..used by the natives of India as aromatic tonics, and as a perfume. |