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Adjective ginger has 1 sense
  1. ginger, gingery - (used especially of hair or fur) having a bright orange-brown color; "a man with gingery hair and bright blue eyes"; "a ginger kitten"
    Antonyms: uncolored, uncoloured (indirect, via colored)
,Noun ginger has 4 senses
  1. ginger - perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems
    --1 is a kind of     herb, herbaceous plant
    --1 is a member of Zingiber, genus Zingiber
    --1 has substance: gingerol
    --1 has particulars:
     common ginger, Canton ginger, stem ginger, Zingiber officinale; galangal, Alpinia galanga; lesser galangal, Alpinia officinarum, Alpinia officinalis; red ginger, Alpinia purpurata; shellflower, shall-flower, shell ginger, Alpinia Zerumbet, Alpinia speciosa, Languas speciosa
  2. ginger, powdered ginger - dried ground gingerroot
    --2 is a kind of spice
    --2 has substances: ginger, gingerroot
    Derived form: verb ginger1
  3. ginger, gingerroot - pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a seasoning especially in Oriental cookery
    --3 is a kind of flavorer, flavourer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning
    --3 is a part of
     common ginger, Canton ginger, stem ginger, Zingiber officinale
     --3 is a substance of ginger, powdered ginger; ginger ale, ginger pop
    Derived form: verb ginger1
  4. pep, peppiness, ginger - liveliness and energy; "this tonic is guaranteed to give you more pep"
    --4 is a kind of liveliness, life, spirit, sprightliness
,Verb ginger has 1 sense
  1. ginger - add ginger to in order to add flavor; "ginger the soup"
    --1 is one way to     zest, spice, spice up
    Derived forms: noun ginger3, noun ginger2
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