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zingiberaceous
[ zin-juh-buh-rey-shuhs ]
/ ˌzɪn dʒə bəˈreɪ ʃəs /
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adjective
belonging to the Zingiberaceae, the ginger family of plants.
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British Dictionary definitions for zingiberaceous
zingiberaceous
/ (ˌzɪndʒɪbəˈreɪʃəs) /
adjective
of, relating to, or belonging to the Zingiberaceae, a family of tropical aromatic plants that typically have fleshy rhizomes and flowers in spikes or clusters: includes ginger and the plants yielding turmeric and cardamom
Word Origin for zingiberaceous
C19: via New Latin from zingiber ginger
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