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Meaning of ginger

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  ginger
      adj 1: (used especially of hair or fur) having a bright orange-
             brown color; "a man with gingery hair and bright blue
             eyes"; "a ginger kitten" [syn: {ginger}, {gingery}]
      n 1: perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes
           and leafy reedlike stems
      2: dried ground gingerroot [syn: {ginger}, {powdered ginger}]
      3: pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a
         seasoning especially in Asian cookery [syn: {ginger},
         {gingerroot}]
      4: liveliness and energy; "this tonic is guaranteed to give you
         more pep" [syn: {pep}, {peppiness}, {ginger}]
      v 1: add ginger to in order to add flavor; "ginger the soup"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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