wild ginger

wild ginger

n.

Any of various plants of the genus Asarum, especially A. canadense of North America, having broad leaves, a solitary brownish flower, and an aromatic root. Also called heartleaf.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

wild ginger - low-growing perennial herb with pungent gingery leaves and rhizomes Asarum, genus Asarum - wild ginger Asarum canadense, black snakeroot, Canada ginger - 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 asarabacca, Asarum europaeum - thick creeping evergreen herb of western Europe herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests