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gin•ger /ˈdʒɪndʒɚ/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]

Plant Biologya reedlike plant originally from SE Asia but now grown in most warm countries, having a strong-smelling and spicy root used in cookery and medicine.
Informal Termsanimation;
excitement and vigor:a performance full of ginger.
a yellowish or reddish brown.

adj. [before a noun]

flavored or made with ginger.

gin•ger•y, adj.

gin•ger (jin′jər),USA pronunciation n.

Plant Biologya reedlike plant, Zingiber officinale, native to the East Indies but now cultivated in most tropical countries, having a pungent, spicy rhizome used in cookery and medicine. Cf. ginger family.
Plant Biologyany of various related or similar plants.
Informal Termspiquancy;
animation:plenty of ginger in their performance of the dance.
a yellowish or reddish brown.

v.t.

to treat or flavor with ginger.
Informal Termsto impart piquancy or spirit to;
enliven (usually fol. by up):to ginger up a talk with a few jokes.

adj.

flavored or made with ginger.

Latin, as above
Greek zingíberis; replacing Old English gingiber
Latin gingiber, for zingiberi
Old French gingivre
Middle English ginger, gingivere bef. 1000

Gin•ger (jin′jər),USA pronunciation n.

a female given name, form of Virginia or Regina.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

ginger /ˈdʒɪndʒə/ n

any of several zingiberaceous plants of the genus Zingiber, esp Z. officinale of the East Indies, cultivated throughout the tropics for its spicy hot-tasting underground stem
the underground stem of this plant, which is used fresh or powdered as a flavouring or crystallized as a sweetmeat
- a reddish-brown or yellowish-brown colour
- (as adjective): ginger hair
informal liveliness; vigour

Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French gingivre, from Medieval Latin gingiber, from Latin zinziberi, from Greek zingiberis, probably from Sanskrit śr̄ngaveram, from śr̄nga- horn + vera- body, referring to its shape

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