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ginger

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[ jin-jer ]

noun

  1. a reedlike plant, Zingiber officinale, native to South Asia but now cultivated in many tropical countries, having a pungent, spicy rhizome used in cooking and medicine. Compare ginger family.
  2. any of various plants related to or similar to Zingiber officinale.
  3. the rhizome of Zingiber officinale, ground, chopped, etc., and used as a flavoring.
  4. Informal. piquancy; animation:

    There was plenty of ginger in their performance of the dance.

  5. a yellowish or reddish brown.


verb (used with object)

  1. to treat or flavor with ginger, the spicy rhizome of the Zingiber officinale plant.
  2. Informal. to impart piquancy or spirit to; enliven (usually followed by up ):

    to ginger up a talk with a few jokes.

adjective

  1. flavored or made with ginger, the spicy rhizome of the Zingiber officinale plant.

Ginger

2

[ jin-jer ]

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Virginia or Regina.

ginger

/ 藞诲萧瑟苍诲萧蓹 /

noun

  1. 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 See also galangal Compare wild ginger
  2. the underground stem of this plant, which is used fresh or powdered as a flavouring or crystallized as a sweetmeat
  3. any of certain related plants
    1. a reddish-brown or yellowish-brown colour
    2. ( as adjective )

      ginger hair

  4. informal.
    liveliness; vigour
  5. informal.
    藞伞瑟艐蓹 a person with ginger hair
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to add the spice ginger to (a dish)
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of ginger1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English ginger, gingivere from Old French gingivre, from Latin gingiber, for zingiberi from Greek 锄颈苍驳铆产别谤颈蝉; replacing Old English gingiber from Latin, as above
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of ginger1

C13: from Old French gingivre, from Medieval Latin gingiber, from Latin zinziberi, from Greek zingiberis, probably from Sanskrit 艣谤虅苍驳补惫别谤补尘, from 艣谤虅苍驳补- horn + vera- body, referring to its shape
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What he did was make me ginger tea.

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Depending on your flavor preferences, spices like cinnamon or ginger can bring a cozy warmth 鈥 especially nice with carrot cake.

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Griffiths doesn鈥檛 fight against the formula, he just takes our expectations for every scene and gingers them up a little, the movie version of a cozy sweater threaded with tinsel.

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I鈥檇 order gin with ginger beer, a splash of bitters and a twist of lemon or orange.

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