The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word TURMERIC
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More clues leading to the result TURMERIC
- Spice up routine crime, perhaps
- Almost turn to new crime to get curry ingredient
- Macho aggression upset Mike, chap that’s often eaten at curry-house
- It’s hot where boy ends semester, we hear
- Word spoken by Ernie’s partner — it’s spicy
- Starter in Rajasthan filling belly; boy, it’s hot!
- Ginger Spice in no ordinary tour – “America Naked”
- Mass recruit to be prepared for growth in Asia
- Rumbling initially in stomach anticipating rice cooked in spice
- Time curry dish leaving out ultimate in fiery spice
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "plant" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case plant = turmeric.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does TURMERIC mean?
TURMERIC noun- An Indian plant, Curcuma longa, with aromatic rhizomes, part of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae).
- The pulverized rhizome of the turmeric plant, used for flavoring and to add a bright yellow color to food.
- A yellow to reddish-brown dye extracted from the turmeric plant.