From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Curry \Cur"ry\, n. [Tamil kari.] [Written also currie.]
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1. (Cookery) A kind of sauce much used in India, containing
garlic, pepper, ginger, and other strong spices.
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2. A stew of fowl, fish, or game, cooked with curry.
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Curry powder (Cookery), a condiment used for making curry,
formed of various materials, including strong spices, as
pepper, ginger, garlic, coriander seed, etc.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
curry powder
n 1: pungent blend of cumin and ground coriander seed and
turmeric and other spices