Found 2 items, similar to Zingiber officinale.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Zingiber officinale
Zingiber officinale
n : tropical Asian plant widely cultivated for its pungent root;
source of gingerroot and powdered ginger [syn:
common ginger
,
Canton ginger,
stem ginger]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Zingiber officinale
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[=i]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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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[=i]l,
fr. Skr. [,c][.r][.n]gav["e]ra, prop., hornshaped; ???ga horn
+ v["e]ra body.]
[1913 Webster]
1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus
Zingiber, of the East and
West Indies. The species most known is
Zingiber officinale
.
[1913 Webster]
2. The hot and spicy rootstock of
Zingiber officinale,
which is much used in cookery and in medicine.
[1913 Webster]
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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