"wild ginger" meaning in All languages combined

See wild ginger on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: wild gingers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} wild ginger (usually uncountable, plural wild gingers)
  1. Any of the many plants similar to culinary ginger (Zingiber officinale) in appearance or aroma.
    in family Zingiberaceae, especially:
    Any of the Alpinia species (shell gingers), especially Alpinia caerulea.
    Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-wild_ginger-en-noun-SB-Fcp~c Categories (other): Piperales order plants Disambiguation of Piperales order plants: 14 14 17 14 14 14 14
  2. Any of the many plants similar to culinary ginger (Zingiber officinale) in appearance or aroma.
    in family Zingiberaceae, especially:
    Curcuma australasica (native turmeric)
    Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-wild_ginger-en-noun-bSdwYoGM Categories (other): Piperales order plants Disambiguation of Piperales order plants: 14 14 17 14 14 14 14
  3. Any of the many plants similar to culinary ginger (Zingiber officinale) in appearance or aroma.
    in family Zingiberaceae, especially:
    Hedychium gardnerianum (kahili ginger, ginger lily)
    Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-wild_ginger-en-noun-09Zg2jZ~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Ginger family plants, Piperales order plants Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 9 24 17 11 9 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 12 23 16 12 12 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 12 22 16 12 12 14 Disambiguation of Ginger family plants: 13 13 20 13 13 13 13 Disambiguation of Piperales order plants: 14 14 17 14 14 14 14
  4. Any of the many plants similar to culinary ginger (Zingiber officinale) in appearance or aroma.
    in family Zingiberaceae, especially:
    Siphonochilus aethiopicus (African ginger)
    Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-wild_ginger-en-noun-KOrSFnQR Categories (other): Piperales order plants Disambiguation of Piperales order plants: 14 14 17 14 14 14 14
  5. Any of the many plants similar to culinary ginger (Zingiber officinale) in appearance or aroma.
    in family Zingiberaceae, especially:
    Any of the numerous Zingiber species
    Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-wild_ginger-en-noun-ENLeBjQI Categories (other): Piperales order plants Disambiguation of Piperales order plants: 14 14 17 14 14 14 14
  6. Any of the many plants similar to culinary ginger (Zingiber officinale) in appearance or aroma.
    in family Zingiberaceae, especially:
    Renealmia aromatica (rat plantain)
    Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-wild_ginger-en-noun-w6DPYcp7 Categories (other): Piperales order plants Disambiguation of Piperales order plants: 14 14 17 14 14 14 14
  7. Any of the many plants similar to culinary ginger (Zingiber officinale) in appearance or aroma.
    Any of several species of Asarum, especially Asarum caudatum (British Columbia wildginger), Asarum canadense, and Asarum sieboldi.
    Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-wild_ginger-en-noun-zdbq4ioa Categories (other): Piperales order plants Disambiguation of Piperales order plants: 14 14 17 14 14 14 14

Inflected forms

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