Dictionary Entry
ginger
ginger is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies. The species most known is Z. officinale. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies. The species most known is Z. officinale.
- 2noun
The hot and spicy rootstock of Zingiber officinale, which is much used in cookery and in medicine.
- 3noun
liveliness and energy
"this tonic is guaranteed to give you more pep"
- 4noun
pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a seasoning especially in Asian cookery
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- 5noun
dried ground gingerroot
- 6noun
perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems
- 7verb
add ginger to in order to add flavor
"ginger the soup"
- 8adjective
(used especially of hair or fur) having a bright orange-brown color
"a man with gingery hair and bright blue eyes"
"a ginger kitten"
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