noun / verb
ginger
JIN-jer/ˈdʒɪndʒər/
A tropical plant whose pungent underground stem gives food warmth and flavor.
Ginger shoots grow from the knobby underground stem.
Etymology
Latin gingiber already named the spice. The deeper Sanskrit “horn-body” explanation evokes the root’s shape, but may be folk etymology rather than the word’s true origin.
In context
kids or anybody that just anybody that just doesn't like spice, right? So, next I got going in I got some ginger going in there. And this is just a ginger paste.
More examples
- The gardener plants ginger in warm, moist soil.
- The ginger grows long green leaves above its underground stem.
- The farmer grows ginger in a sheltered plot.
Forms
ginger · gingers · gingered · gingering
gingery adjective — Having the spicy taste of ginger.
Similar words
- gingerroot
- Names the edible underground stem rather than the whole plant.