Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ginger"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ginger
adj : (used especially of hair or fur) having a bright
orange-brown color; "a man with gingery hair and bright
blue eyes"; "a ginger kitten" [syn: {gingery}]
n 1: perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes
and leafy reedlike stems
2: dried ground gingerroot [syn: {powdered ginger}]
3: pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a
seasoning especially in Oriental cookery [syn: {gingerroot}]
4: liveliness and energy; "this tonic is guaranteed to give you
more pep" [syn: {pep}, {peppiness}]
v : add ginger to
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