ginger
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See also Ginger
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[edit] Etymology
Late Old English ġingiber, from Latin gingiber, earlier zingiber, from Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις, from Prakrit (siŋgabēra), from Sanskrit, from Malayalam ഇഞ്ചി (inchi), from Tamil இஞ்ஜி (inji) (directly).
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ginger (countable and uncountable; plural gingers)
- Any plant of a genus (Zingiber, especially Zingiber officinale) of tropical Asiatic and Polynesian herbs of a family (Zingiberaceae, the ginger family) with pungent aromatic rhizomes used as a condiment and as a stimulant and acarminative.
- The rhizome of this plant used as a spice either as it is or in dried powdered form.
- (colour) A reddish-brown colour/color.
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ginger colour:
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- (colloquial, derogatory) (countable) A person with reddish-brown hair.
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plant
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spice
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colour/color
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person with reddish-brown hair
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[edit] Adjective
ginger (comparative more ginger, superlative most ginger)
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- (used to describe hair) Of a reddish-brown colour.
- flavoured with ginger.
- (Cockney rhyming slang, derogatory) Queer (ie, homosexual) (short for ginger beer, rhyming with queer).
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reddish-brown
flavor
homosexual — see queer
[edit] Verb
to ginger
- to treat with care
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- Anagrams of egginr
- nigger