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gin⋅ger
[jin-jer]
–noun
| 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. |
–verb (used with object)
| 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. |
–adjective
| 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
bef. 1000; ME ginger, gingivere < OF gingivre < L gingiber, for zingiberi < Gk zingíberis; r. OE gingiber < L, as above

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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. ???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.
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Language Translation for : ginger
Spanish:
jengibre,
German:
der Ingwer,
Japanese:
しょうが
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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Main Entry: gin·ger
Pronunciation: 'jin-j&r
Function: noun
1 a : a thickened pungent aromatic rhizome that is used as a spice andsometimes in medicine b : the spice usually prepared by drying and grinding ginger
2 : any of a genus (Zingiber of the family Zingiberaceae, the gingerfamily) of herbs with pungent aromatic rhizomes; especially : a widely cultivated tropical herb (Z. officinale) that supplies most of the ginger of commerce
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Ginger
A simple functional language from the University of Warwick with parallel constructs.
(1994-11-02)
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