ginger
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ginger/ˈʤɪnʤə(r)/
▶noun
- 1 a hot, fragrant spice made from the rhizome of a plant.
- 2 a SE Asian plant, resembling bamboo in appearance, from which ginger is taken. [Zingiber officinale.]
- 3 a light reddish-yellow colour.
- 4 spirit; mettle.
- 1 (usu. as adj. gingered) flavour with ginger.
- 2 (ginger someone/thing up) make someone or something more lively.
– derivatives
gingery adjective.
gingery adjective.
– origin OE gingifer, conflated in ME with OFr. gingimbre, from med. L. gingiber, from Gk zingiberis, from Pali siṅgivera, of Dravidian origin.
'ginger' also found in these Oxford entries:
beer
- cardamom
- chow chow
- emulsion
- galangal
- ginger ale
- ginger beer
- gingerbread
- ginger group
- ginger nut
- race
- shandy
- stem ginger
- teriyaki
- turmeric
- whisky mac
- wild ginger
- zedoary
