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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
ginger
    adj 1: (used especially of hair or fur) having a bright orange-
           brown color; "a man with gingery hair and bright blue
           eyes"; "a ginger kitten" [syn: ginger, gingery]
    n 1: perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes
         and leafy reedlike stems
    2: dried ground gingerroot [syn: ginger, powdered ginger]
    3: pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a
       seasoning especially in Asian cookery [syn: ginger,
       gingerroot]
    4: liveliness and energy; "this tonic is guaranteed to give you
       more pep" [syn: pep, peppiness, ginger]
    v 1: add ginger to in order to add flavor; "ginger the soup"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Ginger \Gin"ger\, n. [OE. ginger, gingever, gingivere, OF.
   gengibre, gingimbre, F. gingembre, L. zingiber, zingiberi,
   fr. Gr. ?; of Oriental origin; cf. Ar. & Pers. zenjeb[imac]l,
   fr. Skr. [,c][.r][.n]gav["e]ra, prop., hornshaped; ???ga horn
   + v["e]ra body.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and
      West Indies. The species most known is Zingiber
      officinale.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. The hot and spicy rootstock of Zingiber officinale,
      which is much used in cookery and in medicine.
      [1913 Webster]

   Ginger ale
      (a) a soft drink flavored with ginger and carbonated.
      (a) See ginger beer, below.

   Ginger beer or Ginger ale, a mild beer impregnated with
      ginger.

   Ginger cordial, a liquor made from ginger, raisins, lemon
      rind, and water, and sometimes whisky or brandy.

   Ginger pop. See Ginger ale (above).

   Ginger wine, wine impregnated with ginger.

   Wild ginger (Bot.), an American herb (Asarum Canadense)
      with two reniform leaves and a long, cordlike rootstock
      which has a strong taste of ginger.
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003)
ginger
 n.

    See saga.


4. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)
Ginger

   A simple functional language from the University of
   Warwick with parallel constructs.

   (1994-11-02)


Thesaurus Results for ginger:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
aggressiveness, bang, bite, briskness, dash, drive, enterprise, fire, get-up-and-go, guts, hotness, initiative, kick, liveliness, nip, nippiness, pep, pepper, pepperiness, piss and vinegar, pizzazz, poop, punch, push, raciness, relish, snap, snappiness, spice, spiciness, spunk, starch, tang, tanginess, thrust, verve, vim, zest, zestfulness, zing, zip
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