单词 | indian ginger |
释义 | > as lemmasIndian ginger Indian ginger n. the wild ginger of North America, Asarum canadense (family Aristolochiaceae), with aromatic rhizomes that were formerly used for seasoning. ΚΠ 1818 W. P. C. Barton Veg. Materia Medica U.S. II. 85 Asarum Canadense. Wild Ginger. Indian Ginger. Colts-foot. Canada Snake-root. American Asarabacca. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 531/2 Indian Ginger, Asarum canadense. Mango Ginger, Curcuma Amada... Wild Ginger, Asarum canadense. 1908 A. R. Harding Ginseng & Other Medicinal Plants (rev. ed.) xxii. 260 Other Common Names—Asarum, wild ginger, Indian ginger.., colicroot. 1974 N. Coon Dict. Useful Plants (1977) 70 Indian ginger... The dried root has often been used as a substitute for ‘tropical’ ginger, as use in Colonial times that likely came from the Indians. < as lemmas |
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