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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thetribe Zingibereae — the truegingers .
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Examples
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Ginger, also known by its Latin name Zingiber officinale, is often used in Asian cultures as a way to treat nausea or stomachaches usually associated with post surgical symptoms, pregnancy, chemotherapy aftereffects, or motion sickness.
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"Ginger Zingiber officinale Roscoe: a hot remedy for cardiovascular disease?"
Ginger's Health Benefits: Fighting Pain, Inflammation, Arthritis 2011
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Further discoveries revealed that an extract of ginger Zingiber officinale inhibits several genes that contribute to inflammation.
Ginger's Health Benefits: Fighting Pain, Inflammation, Arthritis 2011
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Japanese researchers writing in the Journal of Medicinal Food explain that red ginger Zingiber officinale var.
Ginger's Health Benefits: Fighting Pain, Inflammation, Arthritis 2011
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Anti-inflammatory properties of red ginger Zingiber officinale var.
Ginger's Health Benefits: Fighting Pain, Inflammation, Arthritis 2011
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Ginger root (Zingiber officinale) is a member of the Zingiberaceae (Ginger) Family.
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Ginger (Zingiber officinale), a member of the Zingiberceae Family, is a natural antioxidant and antiseptic.
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Ginger is a flavoring from a tuberous root of Zingiber officinale, a plantin the Ginger family.
Spices and Herbs -Bandra Bazar Road « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2008
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The bright pink-red is Etlingera elatior and the yellow pine cone is a Zingiber sp.
Gingers in my garden Glenda Larke 2008
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It was from the Sanskrit word 'shringavera' (meaning 'horn body') that the Latin name Zingiber was derived.
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