ZINGIBER OFFICINALE
Dictionary entry overview: What does Zingiber officinale mean? • ZINGIBER OFFICINALE (noun)
The noun ZINGIBER OFFICINALE has 1 sense:
1. tropical Asian plant widely cultivated for its pungent root; source of gingerroot and powdered ginger
Familiarity information: ZINGIBER OFFICINALE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ZINGIBER OFFICINALE (noun)
Meaning:
Tropical Asian plant widely cultivated for its pungent root; source of gingerroot and powdered ginger
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Canton ginger; common ginger; stem ginger; Zingiber officinale
Hypernyms ("Zingiber officinale" is a kind of...):
ginger (perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems)
Meronyms (parts of "Zingiber officinale"):
ginger; gingerroot (pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a seasoning especially in Oriental cookery)
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