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1. saf(f)rǒun n.

Additional spellings: saffroun
72 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) The saffron crocus (Crocus sativus); safroun plot; (b) safroun bulb, hed of safroun, the corm of the saffron crocus; clove of safroun, one of the corms produced on a bulb; rote of safroun, the……

2. setewāl(e n.

Additional spellings: setewale
24 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) The root of a plant of the species Curcuma, esp. the long zedoary Curcuma zedoaria; also, the plant itself; (b) as surname. …

3. sirup n.

39 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Med. A thick viscous liquid, usu. made from herbs boiled with sugar; also fig.; (b) sirup acetous, a decoction of honey or sugar with vinegar; sirup egre, bitter (egre, sour) sirup, any……

4. tamarinde n.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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The pod-shaped fruit of the tamarind tree (Tamarindus indica), used medicinally; water of tamarindes, a decoction made from this fruit. …

5. tū̆tīe n.

19 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The crude zinc oxide obtained by the smelting of copper ore with zinc and freq. used in medicinal compounds, tutty, pompholyx; tutie ablute (washed, washen), washen tutie, tutty purified through……

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