Clues for the word "TURMERIC"
We've had 20 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 19 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on December 06, 2024.
Definition of turmeric
- n. - An East Indian plant of the genus Curcuma, of the Ginger family.
- n. - The root or rootstock of the Curcuma longa. It is externally grayish, but internally of a deep, lively yellow or saffron color, and has a slight aromatic smell, and a bitterish, slightly acrid taste. It is used for a dye, a medicine, a condiment, and a chemical test.
- a. - Of or pertaining to turmeric; resembling, or obtained from, turmeric; specif., designating an acid obtained by the oxidation of turmerol.
Referring Clues
- Curry powder ingredient
- Curry-powder ingredient
- Spice used in curry powder
- Yellow aromatic powder used in cooking
- Yellow spice
- Starters for two, using raw mushrooms, rice, nuts, curry powder
- Ingredient in curry powder
- Ingredient of endless curries, mean time
- Spice with yellowing effect
- Condiment that dyes yellow
- I'm curter anyway with Ginger
- Spice up routine with outrageous crime
- It's said to be the name for pickled rice and spice
- Almost turn to new crime to get curry ingredient
- Time reportedly taken by boy to find a spice
- Aromatic powder
- Ingredient in 25-Down
- Spice that gives yellow curry its color
- Curry powder spice
- Curry ingredient
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - December 06, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - June 28, 2022
- Penny Dell Sunday - June 25, 2017
- Guardian Quick - May 18, 2017
- Guardian Quick - January 23, 2015
- Guardian Quiptic - January 27, 2014
- Guardian Quick - December 13, 2012
- Guardian Cryptic - March 07, 2012
- Guardian Cryptic - October 04, 2011
- Guardian Quick - February 17, 2011
- Washington Post - September 21, 2010
- Guardian Everyman - March 28, 2010
- Guardian Quick - October 16, 2009
- Guardian Quick - June 29, 2008
- Netword - June 12, 2008
- Guardian Quiptic - May 05, 2003
- Guardian Cryptic - August 20, 2002
- New York Times - October 13, 2000
- Guardian Cryptic - April 05, 2000