Definition of ginger

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Ginger (n.) The hot and spicy rootstock of Zingiber officinale, which is much used in cookery and in medicine..

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Gingerbread :: Gingerbread (n.) A kind of plain sweet cake seasoned with ginger, and sometimes made in fanciful shapes..
Spice :: Spice (n.) A vegetable production of many kinds, fragrant or aromatic and pungent to the taste, as pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, allspice, ginger, cloves, etc., which are used in cookery and to flavor sauces, pickles, etc..
Candy :: Candy (v. t.) To conserve or boil in sugar; as, to candy fruits; to candy ginger..
Turmeric :: Turmeric (n.) An East Indian plant of the genus Curcuma, of the Ginger family..
Edgingly :: Edgingly (adv.) Gradually; gingerly.
Aromatic :: Aromatic (n.) A plant, drug, or medicine, characterized by a fragrant smell, and usually by a warm, pungent taste, as ginger, cinnamon, spices..
Gingerness :: Gingerness (n.) Cautiousness; tenderness.
Wanhorn :: Wanhorn (n.) An East Indian plant (Kaempferia Galanga) of the Ginger family. See Galanga.
Heterography :: Heterography (n.) That method of spelling in which the same letters represent different sounds in different words, as in the ordinary English orthography; e. g., g in get and in ginger..
Gingerly :: Gingerly (adv.) Cautiously; timidly; fastidiously; daintily.
Real :: Real (a.) True; genuine; not artificial, counterfeit, or factitious; often opposed to ostensible; as, the real reason; real Madeira wine; real ginger..
Ginger :: Ginger (n.) The hot and spicy rootstock of Zingiber officinale, which is much used in cookery and in medicine..
Shandygaff :: Shandygaff (n.) A mixture of strong beer and ginger beer.
Sea Ginger :: Sea ginger () A hydroid coral of the genus Millepora, especially M. alcicornis, of the West Indies and Florida. So called because it stings the tongue like ginger. See Illust. under Millepore..
Galangal :: Galangal (n.) The pungent aromatic rhizome or tuber of certain East Indian or Chinese species of Alpinia (A. Galanga and A. officinarum) and of the Kaempferia Galanga), -- all of the Ginger family..
Doom Palm :: Doom palm () A species of palm tree (Hyphaene Thebaica), highly valued for the fibrous pulp of its fruit, which has the flavor of gingerbread, and is largely eaten in Egypt and Abyssinia..
Switching :: Switchel (n.) A beverage of molasses and water, seasoned with vinegar and ginger..
Oleoresin :: Oleoresin (n.) A liquid or semiliquid preparation extracted (as from capsicum, cubebs, or ginger) by means of ether, and consisting of fixed or volatile oil holding resin in solution..
Ginger :: Ginger (n.) A plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies. The species most known is Z. officinale..
Pop :: Pop (n.) An unintoxicating beverage which expels the cork with a pop from the bottle containing it; as, ginger pop; lemon pop, etc..
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