(n) :
any plant of a genus (
Zingiber, especially Zingiber officinale) of tropical Asiatic and Polynesian
herbs of a family (
Zingiberaceae, the ginger family) with pungent aromatic rhizomes used as a condiment and as a stimulant and acarminative; the rhizome of this plant used as a
spice either as it is or in dried powdered form