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Definitions for Ginger

[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] the rhizome of the ginger plant, ground, chopped, etc. and used as a flavoring.
[4] Informal . piquancy; animation: plenty of ginger in their performance of the dance.
[5] a yellowish or reddish brown.
[6] to treat or flavor with ginger.
[7] Informal . to impart piquancy or spirit to; enliven (usually followed by up ): to ginger up a talk with a few jokes.
[8] flavored or made with ginger.
[9] a female given name, form of Virginia or Regina.
[10] 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
[11] the underground stem of this plant, which is used fresh or powdered as a flavouring or crystallized as a sweetmeat
[12] any of certain related plants
[13] a reddish-brown or yellowish-brown colour (as adjective ) ginger hair
[14] informal liveliness; vigour
[15] (ˈɡɪŋə ) informal a person with ginger hair
[16] (tr) to add the spice ginger to (a dish)

Words related to Ginger

heart, force, earnestness, essence, energy, gameness, bounce, dash, brio, grit, guts, character, breath, animation, complexion, enthusiasm, boldness, fire, ardor, backbone

Words nearby Ginger

ginastera, ginep, ging, gingal, ginge, ginger, ginger ale, ginger beer, ginger family, ginger group, ginger jar

Origin of Ginger

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

Word origin for Ginger

C13: 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

Synonyms for Ginger

air, animation, ardor, backbone, boldness, bounce, breath, brio, character, complexion, courage, dash, dauntlessness, disposition, earnestness, energy, enterprise, enthusiasm, esprit, essence, fire, force, gameness, grit, guts, heart, frame of mind, hu