1. Noun
A plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies. The species most known is Z. officinale.
2. Noun
The hot and spicy rootstock of Zingiber officinale, which is much used in cookery and in medicine.
3. Noun
perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems
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4. Noun
liveliness and energy; "this tonic is guaranteed to give you more pep"
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