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zedoary

/ˈzɛdəʊəɹi/US/ˈzɛdoʊˌɛɹi/

zedoary noun: curcuma zedoaria, a perennial herb native to India and Indonesia.

zedoary: curcuma zedoaria, a perennial herb native to India and Indonesia
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Noun

zedoary (countable and uncountable, plural zedoaries)

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

zedoary meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

zedoary in Hindi

Curcuma zedoaria
कचूर kacūr

zedoary in Tamil

Curcuma zedoaria
கச்சோரம் kaccōram, பூலாங்கிழங்கு pūlāṅkiḻaṅku

zedoary in Marathi

Curcuma zedoaria
सुगंधमूली sugandhmūlī

zedoary in Urdu

آنبہ ہلدی
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zedoary in Telugu
కచోరము kacōramu, కచ్చూరము kaccūramu
zedoary in Malayalam
കച്ചൂരം kaccūraṁ
zedoary in Punjabi
ਕਚੂਰ kacūr
zedoary in Gujarati
કચૂર kacūr
zedoary in Tagalog
luya-luyahan
zedoary in Arabic
جَدْوَار jadwār
zedoary in Indonesian
temu putih, kunir putih
zedoary in Persian
ژدوار žadvâr, جدوار jadvâr
zedoary in Thai
ขมิ้นอ้อย
zedoary in Vietnamese
nghệ đen

Synonyms of zedoary

Forms of zedoary

pluralzedoaries

Origin of zedoary

From Medieval Latin zedoārium, from Arabic جَدْوَار (jadwār), from Classical Persian ژدوار (žadwār).

Questions about zedoary

What does zedoary mean?
Zedoary means curcuma zedoaria, a perennial herb native to India and Indonesia.
What is zedoary in Hindi?
Zedoary in Hindi is कचूर (kacūr). See Zedoary meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is zedoary?
Zedoary is a noun.
How do you pronounce zedoary?
Zedoary is pronounced /ˈzɛdəʊəɹi/ (UK).
What is the plural of zedoary?
The plural of zedoary is zedoaries.

Words near zedoary in the dictionary

  1. Zeddy
  2. Zedediah
  3. Zedekiah
  4. zedoaria
  5. zedoaries
  6. zedoary
  7. Zedong
  8. zedonk
  9. zedonks
  10. zeds
  11. zedsexual

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: zedoary (page history and authors); zedoary (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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