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GINGER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Liveliness and energy

Example:

this tonic is guaranteed to give you more pep

Synonyms:

ginger; pep; peppiness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("ginger" is a kind of...):

life; liveliness; spirit; sprightliness (animation and energy in action or expression)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a seasoning especially in Asian cookery

Synonyms:

ginger; gingerroot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("ginger" is a kind of...):

flavorer; flavoring; flavourer; flavouring; seasoner; seasoning (something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts)

Holonyms ("ginger" is a part of...):

Canton ginger; common ginger; stem ginger; Zingiber officinale (tropical Asian plant widely cultivated for its pungent root; source of gingerroot and powdered ginger)

Holonyms ("ginger" is a substance of...):

ginger; powdered ginger (dried ground gingerroot)

ginger ale; ginger pop (ginger-flavored carbonated drink)

Derivation:

ginger (add ginger to in order to add flavor)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Dried ground gingerroot

Synonyms:

ginger; powdered ginger

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("ginger" is a kind of...):

spice (any of a variety of pungent aromatic vegetable substances used for flavoring food)

Meronyms (substance of "ginger"):

ginger; gingerroot (pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a seasoning especially in Asian cookery)

Derivation:

ginger (add ginger to in order to add flavor)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("ginger" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Meronyms (substance of "ginger"):

gingerol (derived from ginger; source of the hotness of ginger)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ginger"):

Canton ginger; common ginger; stem ginger; Zingiber officinale (tropical Asian plant widely cultivated for its pungent root; source of gingerroot and powdered ginger)

Alpinia galanga; galangal (southeastern Asian perennial with aromatic roots)

Alpinia officinalis; Alpinia officinarum; lesser galangal (Chinese perennial with pyramidal racemes of white flowers and pungent aromatic roots used medicinally and as flavoring)

Alpinia purpurata; red ginger (an ornamental ginger native to Pacific islands)

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

Holonyms ("ginger" is a member of...):

genus Zingiber; Zingiber (tropical Asiatic and Polynesian perennial plants: ginger)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(used especially of hair or fur) having a bright orange-brown color

Example:

a ginger kitten

Synonyms:

ginger; gingery

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

colored; colorful; coloured (having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination)

 III. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Add ginger to in order to add flavor

Example:

ginger the soup

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "ginger" is one way to...):

spice; spice up; zest (add herbs or spices to)

Domain category:

cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

ginger (pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a seasoning especially in Asian cookery)

ginger (dried ground gingerroot)

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 Context examples: 

A fresh, dried or processed form of the rhizome of the Asian perennial plant Zingiber officinale (ginger) with potential anti-emetic activity.

(Ginger, NCI Thesaurus)