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Definition of Z officinale

Z officinale
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.

Meaning of Z officinale from wikipedia

- Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is a flowering plant whose rhizome, ginger root or ginger, is widely used as a ****e and a folk medicine. It is an herbaceous...
- world over for their culinary value. The most well known species are Z. officinale and Z. mioga, two garden gingers. Each ginger species has a different culinary...
- Taraxa**** officinale, the dandelion or common dandelion, is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae. The common dandelion...
- Jasminum officinale, known as the common jasmine or simply jasmine, is a species of flowering plant in the olive family Oleaceae. It is native to the Caucasus...
- watercress or yellowcress. The best known species are the edible Nasturtium officinale and Nasturtium microphyllum. Nasturtium was previously synonymised with...
- liquorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) Lovage leaves (Levisti**** officinale) Lovage seeds (Levisti**** officinale) Locust beans (Ceratonia siliqua) Mace (Myristica fragrans)...
- (EC 3.4.22.67) is a cysteine protease enzyme found in ginger (Zingiber officinale) rhizomes. It catalyses the preferential cleavage of peptides with a proline...
- Alliaria petiolata Jack-in-the-bush – Alliaria petiolata Jasmine – Jasminum officinale Jewel orchid – Ludisia discolor Jointed rush – Juncus kraussii Jugflower...
- ****an growing on the leaves of ginger plants, Zingiber mioga and Zingiber officinale, in 1917, when it was described as Pyricularia zingiberis. P. zingiberis...
- from Stearn's Dictionary, Latin for Gardeners by Lorraine Harrison, The A to Z of Plant Names by Allen Coombes, The Gardener's Botanical by Ross Bayton,...