zingiberaceous

American  

[zin-juh-buh-rey-shuhs] / ˌzɪn dʒə bəˈreɪ ʃəs /

adjective

1. belonging to the Zingiberaceae, the ginger family of plants.

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zingiberaceous British  

/ ˌzɪndʒɪbəˈreɪʃəs /

adjective

1. 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

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Etymology

Origin of zingiberaceous

1840–50; < New Latin Zingiberace ( ae ) family name ( see ginger, -aceae) + -ous

Example Sentences

The plants that produce the grains are zingiberaceous, cane-like in appearance, only having broader, blunter leaves than the bamboo.

From West African studies by Kingsley, Mary Henrietta

Large trees stretch out their arms across the stream, and the steep, earthy banks are clothed with ferns and zingiberaceous plants.

From The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 by Wallace, Alfred Russel