GINGER

Ginger

Ginger or ginger root is the rhizome of the plant Zingiber officinale, consumed as a delicacy, medicine, or spice. It lends its name to its genus and family . Other notable members of this plant family are turmeric, cardamom, and galangal. The distantly related dicots in the Asarum genus have the common name wild ginger because of their similar taste.

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ginger

Noun

  1. The pungent aromatic rhizome of a tropical Asian herb, ), used as a spice and as a stimulant and acarminative.
  2. The plant that produces this rhizome.
  3. Other species belonging to the same family, Zingiberaceae, especially those of the genus Zingiber
  4. A reddish-brown colour/color.
  5. A person with reddish-brown hair; a redhead.
  6. vitality, vigour, liveliness (of character)

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. a homosexual.

Verb

  1. To add ginger to.
  2. To enliven, to spice (up).

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To move gingerly.

Adjective

  1. (used to describe hair) Of a reddish-brown colour.
  2. flavoured with ginger.

Adjective (etymology 2)

  1. homosexual.


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