ginger root

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• ginger root — spicy root of the ginger plant (used in Asian cooking and Chinese medicine) …   English contemporary dictionary

• Ginger ale — is a soft drink flavored with ginger.HistoryGinger beer, a strongly flavoured, fermented product, appeared in the British Isles in the 1700 s.Ginger ales come in two varieties: golden ginger ale and dry ginger ale. Golden ginger ale, dark colored …   Wikipedia

• Ginger — For other uses, see Ginger (disambiguation). Gingers redirects here. For the Australian punk rock group, see The Gingers. Ginger …   Wikipedia

• Root beer — A glass of root beer with foam Root beer is a carbonated, sweetened beverage, originally made using the root of a sassafras plant (or the bark of a sassafras tree) as the primary flavor. Root beer, popularized in North America, comes in two forms …   Wikipedia

• Ginger group — A ginger group is a group within, for example, a political party seeking to inspire the rest with its own enthusiasm and activity.A ginger group is a formal or informal grouping of people within a larger organisation that actively works for more… …   Wikipedia

• Ginger beer — is a type of carbonated soft drink or occasionally, alcoholic beverage flavored primarily with ginger, lemon and sugar. It originated in England in the mid 1700s, and it reached its peak of popularity in the early 1900s.cite web… …   Wikipedia

• ginger — mid 14c., from O.E. gingifer, from M.L. gingiber, from L. zingiberi, from Gk. zingiberis, from Prakrit (Middle Indic) singabera, from Skt. srngaveram, from srngam horn + vera body, so called from the shape of its root. But this may be Sanskrit… …   Etymology dictionary

• Root vegetable — Root vegetables are plant roots used as vegetables. [cite web url=http://www.askoxford.com/concise oed/root 1?view=uk title=AskOxford.com accessdate=2007 05 06] Other underground plants are often, erroneously, called root vegetables. Root… …   Wikipedia

• ginger — 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… …   Useful english dictionary

• ginger — gin|ger1 [ˈdʒındʒə US ər] n [U] [Date: 1000 1100; : Old French; Origin: gimgibre, gingimbre, from Latin zingiber, from Greek zingiberis] 1.) a root with a very strong hot taste, or the powder made from this root, that is used in cooking 2.) the… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• ginger — gin·ger || dʒɪndÊ’É™(r) n. plant having yellowish green flowers and a spicy root; gingerroot, root of the ginger plant (used as a seasoning and in medicine); vitality, spirit, animation (Informal); reddish brown color v. add ginger to, flavor… …   English contemporary dictionary