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ginger
noun
1 an aromatic spicy swollen root or rhizome, often dried and ground to a yellow powder and widely used as a flavouring in biscuits, cakes, curries, etc or preserved in syrup.
2 the perennial tropical plant from which this root is obtained.
3 a reddish-brown colour.
4 colloq energy; liveliness.
adjective
1 flavoured with ginger.
2 a said of hair: reddish-orange in colour;
b reddish-brown in colour.
verb (gingered , gingering ) (usu ginger up) colloq to urge, persuade or force someone or something to become more lively, active, interesting or efficient.
[Anglo-Saxon ingifer , from Latin ingiber , from Sanskrit srnga horn + vera body (from the shape of the root)]
gingerly adverb see separate entry.
noun
1 an aromatic spicy swollen root or rhizome, often dried and ground to a yellow powder and widely used as a flavouring in biscuits, cakes, curries, etc or preserved in syrup.
2 the perennial tropical plant from which this root is obtained.
3 a reddish-brown colour.
4 colloq energy; liveliness.
adjective
1 flavoured with ginger.
2 a said of hair: reddish-orange in colour;
b reddish-brown in colour.
verb (gingered , gingering ) (usu ginger up) colloq to urge, persuade or force someone or something to become more lively, active, interesting or efficient.
[Anglo-Saxon ingifer , from Latin ingiber , from Sanskrit srnga horn + vera body (from the shape of the root)]
gingerly adverb see separate entry.
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