Ginger
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Ginger
n. female first name; Ginger Rogers (1911-1995, born as Virginia McMath), Academy Award-winning USA singer dancer and actress
 
ginger
n. plant having yellowish-green flowers and a spicy root; gingerroot, root of the ginger plant (used as a seasoning and in medicine); powdered ginger, dried and ground gingerroot; vitality, spirit, peppiness, animation (Informal); reddish brown color
 
v. add ginger to, flavor with ginger; energize, enliven (Informal)
 
adj. made with ginger, flavored with ginger; having a reddish brown coloring
 
n. (Colloquial) person who has reddish-brown hair

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Ginger
Ginger or ginger root is the rhizome of the plant Zingiber officinale, consumed as a delicacymedicine, or spice. It lends its name to its genus and family (Zingiberaceae). Other notable members of this plant family are turmericcardamom, and galangal.

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ginger

Noun
1. perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems
(hypernym) herb, herbaceous plant
(hyponym) common ginger, Canton ginger, stem ginger, Zingiber officinale
(member-holonym) Zingiber, genus Zingiber
(substance-meronym) gingerol
2. dried ground gingerroot
(synonym) powdered ginger
(hypernym) spice
(substance-meronym) gingerroot
3. pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a seasoning especially in Oriental cookery
(synonym) gingerroot
(hypernym) flavorer, flavourer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning
(substance-holonym) powdered ginger
(part-holonym) common ginger, Canton ginger, stem ginger, Zingiber officinale
4. liveliness and energy; "this tonic is guaranteed to give you more pep"
(synonym) pep, peppiness
(hypernym) liveliness, life, spirit, sprightliness

Verb
1. add ginger to in order to add flavor; "ginger the soup"
(hypernym) zest, spice, spice up
(derivation) gingerroot
(classification) cooking, cookery, preparation

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"
(synonym) gingery
(similar) colored, coloured, colorful


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Ginger (der)
nm. ginger, type of plant; root of this plant

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ginger
příd.jm. zrzavý
 
n. zázvor; zrzavá (barva)


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