zedoary

A plant (Curcuma zedoaria) of South Asia that has small yellow flowers, purple bracts, and starchy tuberous rhizomes and that is widely cultivated elsewhere.

The dried rhizomes of this plant, used as a condiment and in perfumes, medicines, and cosmetics.

An East Indian drug, known in two varieties as long and round zedoary.

A medicinal substance obtained in the East Indies, having a fragrant smell, and a warm, bitter, aromatic taste. It is used in medicine as a stimulant.

Curcuma zedoaria, a perennial herb native to India and Indonesia.