ZEDOARY Zed"o*a*ry, n. Etym: [F. zédoaire, LL. zedoaria; cf. It. zedoaria, zettovario, Pg. zedoaria, Sp. zedoaria, cedoaria; all fr. Ar. & Per. zedw.] (Med.)
Defn: A medicinal substance obtained in the East Indian, having a fragrant smell, and a warm, bitter, aromatic taste. It is used in medicine as a stimulant.
Note: It is the rhizome of different species of Curcuma, esp. C. zedoaria, and comes in short, firm pieces, externally of a wrinkled gray, ash-colored appearance, but within of a brownish red color. There are two kinds, round zedoary, and long zedoary.
ZEEKOE
Zee"koe, n. Etym: [D., sea cow, lake cow.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A hippopotamus.
ZEEMAN EFFECT
Zee"man ef*fect". (Physics)
Defn: The widening and duplication, triplication, etc., of spectral lines when the radiations emanate in a strong magnetic field, first observed in 1896 by P. Zeeman, a Dutch physicist, and regarded as an important confirmation of the electromagnetic theory of light.
ZEHNER
Zeh"ner, n. Etym: [G.]
Defn: An Austrian silver coin equal to ten kreutzers, or about five cents.
ZEIN
Ze"in, n. Etym: [Cf. F. zé\'8bne. See Zea.] (Chem.)