ginger
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gin·ger 
[jin-jer] Pronunciation Key
[jin-jer] Pronunciation Key –noun
–verb (used with object)
–adjective
| 1. | a 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. Compare ginger family. |
| 2. | any of various related or similar plants. |
| 3. | Informal. piquancy; animation: plenty of ginger in their performance of the dance. |
| 4. | a yellowish or reddish brown. |
| 5. | to treat or flavor with ginger. |
| 6. | Informal. to impart piquancy or spirit to; enliven (usually fol. by up): to ginger up a talk with a few jokes. |
| 7. | flavored or made with ginger. |
[Origin: bef. 1000; ME ginger, gingivere < OF gingivre < L gingiber, for zingiberi < Gk zingíberis; r. OE gingiber < L, as above]
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| gin·ger
(jĭn'jər) Pronunciation Key
n.
tr.v. gin·gered, gin·ger·ing, gin·gers
[Middle English gingivere, from Old English gingifer and from Old French gingivre, both from Medieval Latin gingiber, from Latin zingiberi, from Greek zingiberis, of Middle Indic origin (akin to Pali singiveram), from Dravidian : akin to Tamil iñci, ginger (of southeast Asian origin) + Tamil vēr, root.] gin'ger·y adj. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
ginger
ginger
O.E. gingifer, from M.L. gingiber, from L. zingiberi, from Gk. zingiberis, from Prakrit (Middle Indic) singabera, from Skt. srngaveram, from srngam "horn" + vera- "body," so called from the shape of its root. But this may be Skt. folk-etymology, and the word may be from an ancient Dravidian name that also produced the Malayalam name for the spice, inchi-ver, from inchi "root." Cf. gin (v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| ginger | |
adjective | |
| 1. | (used especially of hair or fur) having a bright orange-brown color; "a man with gingery hair and bright blue eyes"; "a ginger kitten" |
noun | |
| 1. | perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems |
| 2. | dried ground gingerroot |
| 3. | pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a seasoning especially in Asian cookery |
| 4. | liveliness and energy; "this tonic is guaranteed to give you more pep" [syn: pep] |
verb | |
| 1. | add ginger to in order to add flavor; "ginger the soup" |
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Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This
Ginger
A simple functional language from the University of Warwick with parallel constructs.
(1994-11-02)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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. ???gav["e]ra, prop., hornshaped; ???ga horn + v["e]ra body.]1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies. The species most known is Z. officinale. 2. The hot and spicy rootstock of Zingiber officinale, which is much used in cookery and in medicine. Ginger beer or 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 beer (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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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