turmeric - a) the plant Curcuma longa of the Zingiberaceae family; b) its root stock and the yellow powder made from it.

hot water mixed with turmeric powder.

the yellow colour.

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.

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).

the rootstock of the plant Curcuma longa.

the prickly composite plant, Argemone mexicana of Papaveraceae family; yellow thistle.

= ಅರಿಸಿನಕಾಮಾಲೆ.

the plant Argemone mexicana of Papaveraceae family; Mexican poppy.

= ಅರಸಿನ ಉಮ್ಮತ್ತ.

a piece of turmeric root tied on the wrist of the bride or bridegroom.

= ಅರಸಿನ ಉಮ್ಮತ್ತ.

a kind of bird.

the tree Garcenia morella of Guttiferae family; Mysore Gamboge.