ginger

ginger
    adj 1: (used especially of hair or fur) having a bright orange-
           brown color; "a man with gingery hair and bright blue
           eyes"; "a ginger kitten" [syn: {ginger}, {gingery}]
    n 1: perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes
         and leafy reedlike stems
    2: dried ground gingerroot [syn: {ginger}, {powdered ginger}]
    3: pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a
       seasoning especially in Asian cookery [syn: {ginger},
       {gingerroot}]
    4: liveliness and energy; "this tonic is guaranteed to give you
       more pep" [syn: {pep}, {peppiness}, {ginger}]
    v 1: add ginger to in order to add flavor; "ginger the soup"
    

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[imac]l,
   fr. Skr. [,c][.r][.n]gav["e]ra, prop., hornshaped; ???ga horn
   + v["e]ra body.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Zingiber}, of the East and
      West Indies. The species most known is {Zingiber
      officinale}.
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   2. The hot and spicy rootstock of {Zingiber officinale},
      which is much used in cookery and in medicine.
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   {Ginger ale}
      (a) a soft drink flavored with ginger and carbonated.
      (a) See {ginger beer}, below.

   {Ginger beer} or {Ginger 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 ale} (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.
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ginger
 n.

   See {saga}.
    

Ginger

   A simple {functional language} from the {University of
   Warwick} with parallel constructs.

   (1994-11-02)
    

41 Moby Thesaurus words for "ginger":
      aggressiveness, bang, bite, briskness, dash, drive, enterprise,
      fire, get-up-and-go, guts, hotness, initiative, kick, liveliness,
      nip, nippiness, pep, pepper, pepperiness, piss and vinegar,
      pizzazz, poop, punch, push, raciness, relish, snap, snappiness,
      spice, spiciness, spunk, starch, tang, tanginess, thrust, verve,
      vim, zest, zestfulness, zing, zip