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huldee

huldee noun: turmeric.

Noun

huldee (uncountable)

  1. (India, obsolete) turmeric
    • For yellow dyeing the cloth is steeped during two hours in a vessel containing half a seer of huldee and a tola of papur khar ground together.1870, John Matheson, England to Delhi: A Narrative of Indian Travel, page 477

Questions about huldee

What does huldee mean?
Huldee means turmeric.
What part of speech is huldee?
Huldee is a noun.

Words near huldee in the dictionary

  1. Hulberts
  2. hulch
  3. hulches
  4. Hulda
  5. Huldah
  6. huldee
  7. huldre
  8. huldres
  9. Hulen
  10. Hulens
  11. Hulet

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