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GINGEROL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Derived from ginger; source of the hotness of ginger
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("gingerol" is a kind of...):
chemical irritant (a substance producing irritation)
Holonyms ("gingerol" is a substance of...):
ginger (perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems)