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Japanese ginger

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myoganounA Japanese type of ginger, Zingiber mioga, of which only the shoots and flower buds are used in cooking.
wild gingernounAny of the many plants similar to culinary ginger (Zingiber officinale) in appearance or aroma.
gingernounThe pungent aromatic rhizome of a tropical Asian herb, Zingiber officinale, used as a spice and as a stimulant and acarminative.
zingibernounAny member of the genus Zingiber of gingers.
shell gingernounAn East Asian plant related to ginger, Alpinia zerumbet, grown for its showy flowers, which are shell-pink on the outside and intensely orange and red on the inside.
ginger rootnounGinger, the underground stem, or rhizome, of the plant Zingiber officinale.
zerumbetnoun(archaic) Zingiber zerumbet, a Javanese plant resembling ginger.
zingiberoidnounAny plant of the subfamily Zingiberoideae
torch gingernounA Southeast Asian tropical plant related to ginger, of species Etlingera elatior (syn. Phaeomeria magnifica), with pink buds used as a seasoning and spectacular red flowers.
gingerrootnounAlternative spelling of ginger root. [Ginger, the underground stem, or rhizome, of the plant Zingiber officinale.]
awapuhinoun(Hawaii) Zingiber zerumbet, a plant in the ginger family.
aromatic gingernouncutcherry (Kaempferia galanga)
white gingernounA decorative herb of India (Hedychium coronarium).
kahili gingernounA plant related to ginger, Hedychium gardnerianum, which is native to the Himalayas but widely grown elsewhere in warm climates due to its showy flowers, and which can be seriously invasive away from its native range.
shampoo gingernounAn Asian and Polynesian plant related to ginger, Zingiber zerumbet, whose inflorescence contains a substance used as a shampoo.
red gingernounA Malaysian plant related to ginger, if species Alpinia purpurata, grown for its showy red flower spikes.
race gingernounSynonym of ginger root.
pinecone gingernounAny of several species of ginger with pinecone-like flower heads, but especially shampoo ginger (Zingiber zerumbet).
guinea peppernounAframomum melegueta (grains of paradise) from the ginger family (Zingiberaceae).
galangalnounAny of several east Asian plants of genera Alpinia and Kaempferia in the ginger family, used as a spice, but principally Alpinia galanga.

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