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Cur"cu*min (-m?n), n.
(Chem.) The coloring principle of turmeric, or
curcuma root, extracted as an orange yellow crystalline
substance, C14H14O4, with a
green fluorescence.
&fist; It possesses acid properties and with alkalies forms
brownish salts. This change in color from yellow to brown is the
characteristic reaction of tumeric paper. See Turmeric
paper, under Turmeric.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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