zingiberaceoushttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zingiberaceous_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezingiberaceous, adj.
Revised 2021

zingiberaceousadjective

Botany.
  1. 1821–
    Of or relating to the family Zingiberaceae of monocotyledonous herbaceous plants found in tropical regions, including ginger, galangal, turmeric, and cardamom.
    In quot. 1821: resembling (that of) a plant of this family.
    α forms
    1. 1821
      Corallorhiza... Herb light brown, leafless; root zinziberaceous, fleshy.
      S. F. Gray, Natural Arrangement of British Plants vol. II. 215
    2. 1913
      A zinziberaceous plant from the eastern Tropics, whose root furnishes the galingale used by the natives for indigestion.
      Seeds & Plants Imported (U.S. Department of Agric., Bull. No. 282) 89
    3. 1953
      The hearth proper consists of layers of leaves (of the banana or of zinziberaceous plants) covered with sand or clay.
      Philippine Journal Science vol. 82 87
    β forms
    1. 1841
      The leaves of both this and the Zingiberaceous order are plaited into baskets by the Indians.
      J. Lindley, Elements of Botany (ed. 4) 177
    2. 1921
      A perennial zingiberaceous herb attaining a height of 3 m.
      H. W. Youngken, Text Book Pharmacognosy ii. 106
    3. 2004
      The newly discovered Beicegel Creek site..contains a plant assemblage..including..clavate seeds of probable zingiberaceous affinity.
      International Journal Plant Science vol. 165 1136/1

zingiberaceous, adj. was revised in March 2021.

zingiberaceous, adj. was last modified in July 2023.