ginger

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A dose of Jamaica ginger was the only thing their field pharmacopoeia provided, and Carey rolled out of his saddle and doubled up among the rocks with his hands on the pit of his stomach, grimacing Go back if you think best, or come ahead and catch us at the Springs if well enough," were the orders left him, while the men pushed on, and now, as the lieutenant said, Carey was coming himself.

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  1. noun A plant (Zingiber officinale) of tropical southeast Asia having yellowish-green flowers and a pungent aromatic rhizome.
  2. noun The rhizome of this plant, often dried and powdered and used as a spice. Also called gingerroot.
  3. noun Any of several related plants having variously colored, often fragrant flowers.
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  • SUSHI: A ginger lime crush -- ginger, water, lime juice, sugar and ice cubes combined in a blender -- is the perfect compliment to the fresh taste of the raw fish and saltiness of the soy sauce, Food Network Star Ingrid Hoffman says. —  Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local News
  • HUB 5151 W. Hubbard St. Ahi works again in a thick burger ($16), seared this time and served with ginger, avocado and other fixings. —  ChicagoBusiness.com Breaking News
  • I loved the combination of honey, ginger, and lemon. —  WordPress.com News
  • He loved the ginger, and ate both jars in 3 days!! —  PW FULL RSS FEED
  • Comes in handy when fresh ginger is at a premium … and like taters and carrots, the bestest, tenderest part is on the outside Rico said: is not fair making all these delicious recipes and not invite us for dinner … your luck is that at least you share them with us … and for that I say thank you … … another great one …. .definitely one to try —  PW FULL RSS FEED
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  1. Middle English gingivere, from Old English gingifer and from Old French gingivre, both from Medieval Latin gingiber, from Latin zingiberi, from Greek zingiberis, of Middle Indic origin (akin to Pali singiveram), from Dravidian : akin to Tamil iñci, ginger (of southeast Asian origin) + Tamil vēr, root.

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  1. from Middle English ginger, gynger, gyngere, contr. of gyngevere, gingivere, gingiver, from Old French gengibre, gingimbre, gingembre, French gingembre = Provencal gingibre, gingebre = Sp.gengibre = Portuguese gengibre, gengivre = Italian zenzevero, zenzovero, zenzero, gengero, gengiovo = Anglo-Saxon gingiber = Dutch gember (from F.) = Middle Low German gingeber, engewer, Low German engeber = Middle High German gingibere, also ingewer, German ingwer = Danish ingefœr = Swedish ingefära, from Latin zingiber, Middle Latin zinziber, from Greek ζιγγίβερις ginger; of Eastern origin: cf. Arabic Persian zanjabīl (later Turkish zenjefīl) = Sanskrit çriñgavēra, ginger.
  2. In use only in adverb and adjective gingerly, q. v.: see also gingerness. The adverb is used exclusively with reference to manner of walking, or, less frequently, of handling, thus giving some color to Skeat's derivation, namely, from Swedish dial, gingla, gängla, go gently, totter, freq. verb from gång, a going: see gang, n., and cf. gangling; cf. also ging, from the same ult. source. In this view, the adjective, with its sense of ‘brittle, tender, delicate,’ would be a development from the more literally adverb. The Scandinavian gingla would reg. give an English verb *gingle, variable to *ginger (with hard g in both syllables, subject, however, to assibilation in conformation to the more common word ginger, n.); but no such verb is found.
  3. ginger, n.
 

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