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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

- Taraxa**** officinale, the dandelion or common dandelion, is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae. The common dandelion...
- world over for their culinary value. The most well known species are Z. officinale and Z. mioga, two garden gingers. The genus name comes from Latin borrowing...
- 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...
- 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...
- liquorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) Lovage leaves (Levisti**** officinale) Lovage seeds (Levisti**** officinale) Locust beans (Ceratonia siliqua) Mace (Myristica fragrans)...
- ****an growing on the leaves of ginger plants, Zingiber mioga and Zingiber officinale, in 1917, when it was described as Pyricularia zingiberis. P. zingiberis...
- watercress or yellowcress. The best known species are the edible Nasturtium officinale and Nasturtium microphyllum. Nasturtium was previously synonymised with...
- (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...
- 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,...
- Cnidium). It may be confused with Bacopa monnieri, Ligusti**** officinale (syn. Cnidium officinale), both similar but different plants. The coumarins osthol...