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单词 zedoary
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zedoary

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zed·o·ar·y

Z0007800 (zĕd′ō-ĕr′ē)n. pl. zed·o·ar·ies 1. A plant (Curcuma zedoaria) of South Asia that has small yellow flowers, purple bracts, and starchy tuberous rhizomes and that is widely cultivated elsewhere.2. The dried rhizomes of this plant, used as a condiment and in perfumes, medicines, and cosmetics.
[Middle English zeduarie, from Medieval Latin zeduāria, from Arabic zadwār, from Persian.]

zedoary

(ˈzɛdəʊərɪ) n1. (Cookery) the dried rhizome of the tropical Asian plant Curcuma zedoaria, used as a stimulant and a condiment: family Zingiberaceae2. (Medicine) the dried rhizome of the tropical Asian plant Curcuma zedoaria, used as a stimulant and a condiment: family Zingiberaceae[C15: from Medieval Latin zedoaria, from Arabic zadwār, of Persian origin]

zedoary

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zedoary

(zĕd`ōĕr'ē), name for a perennial herb (Curcuma zedoaria) of the Zingiberaceae (gingerginger,
common name for members of the Zingiberaceae, a family of tropical and subtropical perennial herbs, chiefly of Indomalaysia. The aromatic oils of many are used in making condiments, perfumes, and medicines, especially stimulants and preparations to ease stomach distress.
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 family) and for a spice consisting of its dried and pulverized aromatic rhizome. The plant, related to turmeric and to the East Indian arrowroot, is native to and principally cultivated in India. It is used as a condiment, as a flavoring for liqueurs and bitters, in perfumery, and medicinally as a carminative and stimulant. Zedoary is classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
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, class Liliopsida, order Zingiberales, family Zingiberaceae.

zedoary

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zedoary

(zĕd′ō-ĕr′ē)n. pl. zedoar·ies 1. A plant (Curcuma zedoaria) of South Asia that has small yellow flowers, purple bracts, and starchy tuberous rhizomes and that is widely cultivated elsewhere.2. The dried rhizomes of this plant, used as a condiment and in perfumes, medicines, and cosmetics.
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