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zingiber
(wn) | Zingiber
n 1: tropical Asiatic and Polynesian perennial plants: ginger
[syn: Zingiber, genus Zingiber] |
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Zingiber officinale
(gcide) | Ginger \Gin"ger\, n. [OE. ginger, gingever, gingivere, OF.
gengibre, gingimbre, F. gingembre, L. zingiber, zingiberi,
fr. Gr. ?; of Oriental origin; cf. Ar. & Pers. zenjeb[imac]l,
fr. Skr. [,c][.r][.n]gav["e]ra, prop., hornshaped; ???ga horn
+ v["e]ra body.]
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1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and
West Indies. The species most known is {Zingiber
officinale}.
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2. The hot and spicy rootstock of Zingiber officinale,
which is much used in cookery and in medicine.
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Ginger ale
(a) a soft drink flavored with ginger and carbonated.
(a) See ginger beer, below.
Ginger beer or Ginger ale, a mild beer impregnated with
ginger.
Ginger cordial, a liquor made from ginger, raisins, lemon
rind, and water, and sometimes whisky or brandy.
Ginger pop. See Ginger ale (above).
Ginger wine, wine impregnated with ginger.
Wild ginger (Bot.), an American herb (Asarum Canadense)
with two reniform leaves and a long, cordlike rootstock
which has a strong taste of ginger.
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Zingiberaceous
(gcide) | Zingiberaceous \Zin`gi*ber*a"ceous\
(z[i^]n`j[i^]*b[~e]r*[=a]"sh[u^]s), a. [L. zingiber ginger.
See Ginger.] (Bot.)
Of or pertaining to ginger, or to a tribe (Zingibereae) of
endogenous plants of the order Scitamineae. See
Scitamineous.
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Zingibereae
(gcide) | Zingiberaceous \Zin`gi*ber*a"ceous\
(z[i^]n`j[i^]*b[~e]r*[=a]"sh[u^]s), a. [L. zingiber ginger.
See Ginger.] (Bot.)
Of or pertaining to ginger, or to a tribe (Zingibereae) of
endogenous plants of the order Scitamineae. See
Scitamineous.
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family zingiberaceae
(wn) | family Zingiberaceae
n 1: a family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order
Musales [syn: Zingiberaceae, family Zingiberaceae,
ginger family] |
genus zingiber
(wn) | genus Zingiber
n 1: tropical Asiatic and Polynesian perennial plants: ginger
[syn: Zingiber, genus Zingiber] |
zingiber officinale
(wn) | Zingiber officinale
n 1: tropical Asian plant widely cultivated for its pungent
root; source of gingerroot and powdered ginger [syn:
common ginger, Canton ginger, stem ginger, {Zingiber
officinale}] |
zingiberaceae
(wn) | Zingiberaceae
n 1: a family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order
Musales [syn: Zingiberaceae, family Zingiberaceae,
ginger family] |
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