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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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2. | The hot and spicy rootstock of Zingiber officinale, which is much used in cookery and in medicine.
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| Noun | 1. | ginger - perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems |
| 2. | ginger - dried ground gingerroot Synonyms: powdered ginger | |
| 3. | ginger - pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a seasoning especially in Oriental cookery Synonyms: gingerroot | |
| 4. | ginger - liveliness and energy; "this tonic is guaranteed to give you more pep" | |
| Verb | 1. | ginger - add ginger to in order to add flavor; "ginger the soup" |
| Adj. | 1. | ginger - (used especially of hair or fur) having a bright orange-brown color; "a man with gingery hair and bright blue eyes"; "a ginger kitten" Synonyms: gingery |
| Ginger - A simple functional language from the University of Warwick with parallel constructs. |
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