- | # Any plant of a genus (''[[Zingiber]]'', especially ''Zingiber officinale'') of tropical Asiatic and Polynesian [[herb]]s of a family (''[[Zingiberaceae]]'', the ginger family) with pungent aromatic rhizomes used as a condiment and as a stimulant and acarminative. | + | # Any plant of a genus (''[[Zingiber]]'', especially ''Zingiber officinale'') of tropical Asiatic and Polynesian [[herb]]s of a family (''[[Zingiberaceae]]'', the ginger family) with pungent aromatic rhizomes used as a condiment and as a [[stimulant]] and [[acarminative]]. |