zingiberhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zingiber_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezingiber, n.
Revised 2021

zingibernoun

  1. ?1720–
    Originally: the spice ginger (now rare). In later use: the ginger plant, Zingiber officinale, or any other plant of the genus Zingiber. Cf. ginger n. A.I
    1. ?1720
      Take a quarter of an Ounce of Zinziber Pouder, 2 Ounces of fine Loaf Sugar, mix them well with some of the Liquor being warm, and pour it in.
      Husbandman's Jewel 19
    2. 1749
      Produce that are Commodities in Trade (a) Cocoa, (b) Zingiber or Ginger, (c) Indigo, (d) Cotton-Wool.
      W. Douglass, Summary State Brit. Settlement N.-Amer. vol. I. 128
    3. 1788
      The zingiber, or common ginger, is a native of the East, and also of some parts of the West Indies.
      W. H. Hall, New Royal Encyclopedia vol. I. at Amomum
    4. 1886
      Zingiber or ginger has a tonic effect on the stomach unless it is overused.
      Hahnemannian Monthly April 218
    5. 1970
      Bottles..of everything from Advocaat to Zingiber wine.
      Guardian 2 June 12/5
    6. 1971
      But the particular forte of most [herbs] is as permanent foliage foils for other, brighter things as well as in their own right, from angelica to zingiber.
      Country Life 20 May 1252/2
    7. 2016
      Zingibers are best grown from the rhizome.
      MidWeek (Mackay, Queensland) (Nexis) 30 November 13

zingiber, n. was revised in March 2021.

zingiber, n. was last modified in March 2025.