Found 3 items, similar to ginger.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: ginger
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: ginger
ginger
n 1: perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes
and leafy reedlike stems
2: dried ground gingerroot [syn:
powdered ginger]
3: pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a
seasoning especially in Oriental cookery [syn:
gingerroot]
4: liveliness and energy;
“this tonic is guaranteed to give you
more pep” [syn:
pep,
peppiness]
ginger
adj : (used especially of hair or fur) having a bright
orange-brown color;
“a man with gingery hair and bright
blue eyes”;
“a ginger kitten” [syn:
gingery]
ginger
v : add ginger to in order to add flavor;
“ginger the soup”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Ginger
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
.
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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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