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Zingiber officinale

DEFINITIONS OF: Zingiber officinale

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n tropical Asian plant widely cultivated for its pungent root; source of gingerroot and powdered ginger

Synonyms:
Canton ginger, common ginger, stem ginger
Type of:
ginger
perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems
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