genus curcuma

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   tropical Asiatic perennial herbs

   SynonymsCurcuma

   Broadermonocot genus

   Part ofZingiberaceae

Questions about genus curcuma

What does genus curcuma mean?

genus curcuma means "tropical Asiatic perennial herbs".

What is another word for genus curcuma?

Close synonyms include Curcuma. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus curcuma a common word?

genus curcuma is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.