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Definition of Zingiber officinale

Zingiber 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 Zingiber officinale from wikipedia

- odoriferum Blume Zingiber officinale Roscoe Zingiber oligophyllum K.Schum. Zingiber olivaceum Mood & Theilade Zingiber orbiculatum S.Q.Tong Zingiber ottensii...
- 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...
- Vitetta L; McKavanagh D; Thomson D; Isenring E. (2013). "Ginger (Zingiber officinale) and chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting: a systematic literature...
- Myoga (茗荷, myōga, also myoga ginger) or ****anese ginger is the species Zingiber mioga in the family Zingiberaceae. It is a deciduous herbaceous perennial...
- protease (EC 3.4.22.67) is a cysteine protease enzyme found in ginger (Zingiber officinale) rhizomes. It catalyses the preferential cleavage of peptides with...
- (bark) Syzygium aromati**** – clove Foeniculum vulgare – fennel (seed) Zingiber officinale – ginger (stem/rhizome) Illicium verum – star anise Pimpinella anisum...
- Zingiber zerumbet is a species of plant in the ginger family with leafy stems growing to about 1.2 m (3.9 ft) tall. It originates from Asia, but can be...
- "Electrochemical detection and quantification of gingerol species in ginger (Zingiber officinale) using multiwalled carbon nanotube modified electrodes". Analyst...
- Thai tea. Thai Oolong tea, which is oolong tea steamed with ginger (Zingiber officinale), lemongr**** (Cymbopogon citratus), and celery, can also be referred...
- (arrowroot) Nelumbo nucifera (lotus root) Typha spp. (cattail or bulrush) Zingiber officinale (ginger) Tuberous stem Apios americana (hog potato or groundnut)...