The rhizome of the plant Zingiber officinale, which has a distinctive aroma and hot spicy taste, and is used in cooking and as a medicinal agent.
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释义 | the world > food and drink > food > additive > spice > [noun] > ginger (7) gingereOE The rhizome of the plant Zingiber officinale, which has a distinctive aroma and hot spicy taste, and is used in cooking and as a medicinal agent. white ginger?c1425 ginger root from which the skin was removed prior to drying or preserving. racec1450 A root (of ginger); = hand, n. 12b. ginger spice1530 a hot, fragrant spice made from the dried and powdered rhizome of ginger. rance1570 A root of ginger; = race, n.2 zingiber?1720 Originally: the spice ginger (now rare). In later use: the ginger plant, Zingiber officinale, or any other plant of the genus Zingiber. Cf. ginger, n.… Jamaica ginger1818 white ginger (see ginger, n. 1a). |
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