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turmeric - a) the plant Curcuma longa of the Zingiberaceae family; b) its root stock and the yellow powder made from it.
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hot water mixed with turmeric powder.
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the yellow colour.
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a yellow cloth, esp. a long, unstitched one, used by women, the one end as a skirt the other a cover to the breast and shoulder; a sari.
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ಅರಿಸಿನದ ಕೊನೆ arisnada kone = ಅರಿಸಿನ ಕೊಂಬು; ಅರಿಸಿನದ ಮೈ arisinada mai a person who has just married (so said, as it is customary to smear the body of such a person with turmeric powder).