preserved ginger
1Ginger (mummy) — Ginger is believed to be the earliest known ancient Egyptian mummified body, being Late Predynastic and dating to approximately 3300 BC. The body, which lies in a fetal position and is nicknamed Ginger because of its red hair, is not… …
2Ginger — For other uses, see Ginger (disambiguation). Gingers redirects here. For the Australian punk rock group, see The Gingers. Ginger …
3Ginger Rogers — Infobox Actor bgcolour = silver name = Ginger Rogers imagesize = 250px caption = Ginger Rogers birthname = Virginia Katherine McMath birthdate = birth date|1911|7|16|mf=y location = Independence, Missouri deathdate = death date and… …
4ginger — /jin jeuhr/, n. 1. a reedlike plant, Zingiber officinale, native to the East Indies but now cultivated in most tropical countries, having a pungent, spicy rhizome used in cookery and medicine. Cf. ginger family. 2. any of various related or… …
5ginger — n., adj., & v. n. 1 a a hot spicy root usu. powdered for use in cooking, or preserved in syrup, or candied. b the plant, Zingiber officinale, of SE Asia, having this root. 2 a light reddish yellow colour. 3 spirit, mettle. 4 stimulation. adj. of… …
6Ginger — /jin jeuhr/, n. a female given name, form of Virginia or Regina. * * * Herbaceous perennial plant (Zingiber officinale; family Zingiberaceae), probably native to South Asia, or its aromatic, pungent rhizome, which is used as a spice, flavouring,… …
7Canton ginger — noun tropical Asian plant widely cultivated for its pungent root; source of gingerroot and powdered ginger • Syn: ↑common ginger, ↑stem ginger, ↑Zingiber officinale • Hypernyms: ↑ginger • Part Meronyms: ↑ginger, ↑ …
8stem ginger — noun pieces of crystallized or preserved ginger …
9canton ginger — preserved or crystallized ginger of fine quality. [after CANTON, China] * * * …
10stem ginger — noun tropical Asian plant widely cultivated for its pungent root; source of gingerroot and powdered ginger • Syn: ↑common ginger, ↑Canton ginger, ↑Zingiber officinale • Hypernyms: ↑ginger • Part Meronyms: ↑ginger, ↑ …
