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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 1.6 [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
From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]:
ginger n. See {saga}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
Ginger
A simple {functional language} from the {University of
Warwick} with parallel constructs.
(1994-11-02)
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