ginger : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ginger	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for ginger
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ginger adj (used especially of hair or fur) having a bright orange- brown color; "a man with gingery hair and bright blue eyes"; "a ginger kitten" Synonym(s): ginger, gingery n perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems dried ground gingerroot Synonym(s): ginger, powdered ginger pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a seasoning especially in Asian cookery Synonym(s): ginger, gingerroot liveliness and energy; "this tonic is guaranteed to give you more pep" Synonym(s): pep, peppiness, ginger v add ginger to in order to add flavor; "ginger the soup"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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[c6]l, fr. Skr. [?][?][?]gav[89]ra, prop., hornshaped; [?][?][?]ga horn + v[89]ra body.] 1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Zingiber}, of the East and West Indies. The species most known is {Z. officinale}. 2. The hot and spicy rootstock of {Zingiber officinale}, which is much used in cookery and in medicine. {Ginger} {beer [or] 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 beer} (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.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Ginger A simple {functional language} from the {University of Warwick} with parallel constructs. (1994-11-02)