genus Zingiber

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genus Zingiber - tropical Asiatic and Polynesian perennial plants: gingerZingiberliliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seedfamily Zingiberaceae, ginger family, Zingiberaceae - a family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order Musalesginger - perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems