ginger : Idioms & Phrases

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canada ginger

  • noun deciduous low-growing perennial of Canada and eastern and central United States
    Asarum canadense; black snakeroot.
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canton ginger

  • noun tropical Asian plant widely cultivated for its pungent root; source of gingerroot and powdered ginger
    Zingiber officinale; Canton ginger; common ginger.
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common ginger

  • noun tropical Asian plant widely cultivated for its pungent root; source of gingerroot and powdered ginger
    Zingiber officinale; Canton ginger; common ginger.
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crystallized ginger

  • noun strips of gingerroot cooked in sugar syrup and coated with sugar
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Ginger beer ∨ ale

  • a mild beer impregnated with ginger.
Webster 1913

ginger ale

  • noun ginger-flavored carbonated drink
    ginger ale.
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ginger beer

  • noun carbonated slightly alcoholic drink flavored with fermented ginger
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Ginger cordial

  • a liquor made from ginger, raisins, lemon rind, and water, and sometimes whisky or brandy.
Webster 1913

ginger family

  • noun a family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order Musales
    Zingiberaceae; family Zingiberaceae.
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ginger nut

  • noun a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger
    snap; ginger nut; gingersnap.
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Ginger pop

  • noun ginger-flavored carbonated drink
    ginger ale.
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  • . See Ginger beer (above).
Webster 1913

ginger rogers

  • noun United States dancer and film actress who partnered with Fred Astaire (1911-1995)
    Virginia McMath; Rogers; Virginia Katherine McMath.
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ginger snap

  • noun a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger
    snap; ginger nut; gingersnap.
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ginger up

  • verb make more interesting or lively
    juice up; jazz up; pep up.
    • juice up a party
    • pep up your paper
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Ginger wine

  • wine impregnated with ginger.
Webster 1913

ginger-scented

  • adjective satellite smelling of ginger
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Jamaica ginger

  • a variety of ginger, called also white ginger, prepared in Jamaica from the best roots, which are deprived of their epidermis and dried separately.
Webster 1913

powdered ginger

  • noun dried ground gingerroot
    ginger.
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Race ginger

  • ginger in the root, or not pulverized.
Webster 1913

red ginger

  • noun an ornamental ginger native to Pacific islands
    Alpinia purpurata.
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sea ginger

Sea" gin"ger
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  1. (Zoöl.) A hydroid coral of the genus Millepora, especially M. alcicornis, of the West Indies and Florida. So called because it stings the tongue like ginger. See Illust. under Millepore.
Webster 1913

shell ginger

  • noun cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes
    Languas speciosa; shall-flower; shellflower; Alpinia Zerumbet; Alpinia speciosa.
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stem ginger

  • noun tropical Asian plant widely cultivated for its pungent root; source of gingerroot and powdered ginger
    Zingiber officinale; Canton ginger; common ginger.
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Wild ginger

  • noun low-growing perennial herb with pungent gingery leaves and rhizomes
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  • (Bot.), an American herb (Asarum Canadense) with two reniform leaves and a long, cordlike rootstock which has a strong taste of ginger.
Webster 1913