a yellow powder made from the root of an Asian plant, used in cooking as a spice, especially in curry 姜黄根粉(用作烹饪调料,尤用于做咖喱) Topics Foodc2Word Originlate Middle English (earlier as tarmaret): perhaps from French terre mérite and modern Latin terra merita, literally ‘deserving earth’, or perhaps an alteration of an oriental word.