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A hydroid coral of the genus Millepora, especially M. alcicornis, of the West Indies and Florida. So called because it stings the tongue like ginger. See Illust. under Millepore.
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An East Indian plant of the genus Curcuma, of the Ginger family.
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A pungent, bitter, aromatic, gingerlike root, obtained from the East Indies.
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The aromatic fruit, or capsule with its seeds, of several plants of the Ginger family growing in the East Indies and elsewhere, and much used as a condiment, and in medicine.
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True; genuine; not artificial, counterfeit, or factitious; often opposed to ostensible; as, the real reason; real Madeira wine; real ginger.
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A kind of sauce much used in India, containing garlic, pepper, ginger, and other strong spices.
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That method of spelling in which the same letters represent different sounds in different words, as in the ordinary English orthography; e. g., g in get and in ginger.
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A vegetable production of many kinds, fragrant or aromatic and pungent to the taste, as pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, allspice, ginger, cloves, etc., which are used in cookery and to flavor sauces, pickles, etc.
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A beverage of molasses and water, seasoned with vinegar and ginger.
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A kind of plain sweet cake seasoned with ginger, and sometimes made in fanciful shapes.
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An unintoxicating beverage which expels the cork with a pop from the bottle containing it; as, ginger pop; lemon pop, etc.
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A thin, crisp cake, usually small, and flavored with ginger; -- used chiefly in the plural.
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An East Indian plant (Kaempferia Galanga) of the Ginger family. See Galanga.
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Of or pertaining to ginger, or to a tribe (Zingibereae) of endogenous plants of the order Scitamineae. See Scitamineous.
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A large bag or sack used in packing various articles, as ginger, hops, cowries, etc.
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A mixture of strong beer and ginger beer.
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A liquid or semiliquid preparation extracted (as from capsicum, cubebs, or ginger) by means of ether, and consisting of fixed or volatile oil holding resin in solution.
v. t.
To conserve or boil in sugar; as, to candy fruits; to candy ginger.
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Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Scitamineae), mostly tropical herbs, including the ginger, Indian shot, banana, and the plants producing turmeric and arrowroot.
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Gradually; gingerly.
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