wild ginger

/waɪld ˌdʒɪndʒər/

Definitions of wild ginger

1. noun

   low-growing perennial herb with pungent gingery leaves and rhizomes
   types:

   Asarum canadense, Canada ginger, black snakeroot

   deciduous low-growing perennial of Canada and eastern and central United States

   Asarum virginicum, heart-leaf, heartleaf

   evergreen low-growing perennial having mottled green and silvery-grey heart-shaped pungent leaves; Virginia to South Carolina

   Asarum europaeum, asarabacca

   thick creeping evergreen herb of western Europe

   type 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