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Zingiber

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Noun1.Zingiber - tropical Asiatic and Polynesian perennial plants: gingerZingiber - tropical Asiatic and Polynesian perennial plants: ginger
genus Zingiber
liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
family Zingiberaceae, ginger family, Zingiberaceae - a family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order Musales
ginger - perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems
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Now grown extensively in the Caribbean, Central America, China, India, Indonesia and West Africa, ginger, which derives its name from the Sanskirt sringavera (shaped like a horn), is the root of a perennial herb of the genus zingiber.
Ginger spice of the ages by Salloum, Habeeb / Countryside & Small Stock Journal
The commercially grown species, Zingiber officinalis, is grown widely in tropical Asia but its exact country of origin is not known.
Notebook by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
Useful warming mucolytics/expectorants include Angelica archangelica, Cinnamomum zeylandicum and Zingiber officinalis which have the added benefit of being general aromatic digestives, a beneficial action in emphysema patients.
Herbal medicine: role in the management of chronic obstructive ... by Glastonbury, Stuart / Australian Journal of Medical Herbalism
 
 
 
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