Indian Saffron

Japanese: インディアン・サフラン - いんでぃあんさふらん
Indian Saffron

… [Hoshikawa Kiyochika]
[dye]
A hot water extract of turmeric rhizomes is used as a yellow dye. In ancient Near Eastern countries, turmeric was called Indian saffron. It is thought to have been brought from ancient India.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Indian saffron" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…【星川 清親】
[染料]
 ウコンの根茎の熱水抽出液は黄色染料として用いられる。古代の近東諸国においてはウコンをインディアン・サフランIndian saffronの名で呼んだ。古代インドからもたらされたと思われる。…

※「インディアン・サフラン」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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