Phrase Hound found 20 phrases and 3 compound words that contain gingers. The most common are listed below. Open gingers in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 20
- baby gingersplural of baby ginger: A type of ginger that is harvested before the rhizomes form a tough brown skin of the mature ginger.
- bleached gingersplural of bleached ginger: Ginger rootstocks which have been coated with lime.
- blue gingersplural of blue ginger: A commelinid of species Dichorisandra thyrsiflora.
- dry gingersplural of dry ginger: A form of ginger used commercially, obtained by drying its fresh rhizome.
- gingers upthird-person singular simple present indicative of ginger up: To make something more interesting, fun, lively, etc.
- green gingersplural of green ginger: Ginger root that is either young, fresh or not dried.
- Indian gingersplural of Indian ginger: Any of species Asarum canadense.
- limed gingersplural of limed ginger: Ginger rootstocks which have been coated with lime.
- new gingersplural of new ginger: An immature ginger root.
- pinecone gingersplural of pinecone ginger: Any of several species of ginger with pinecone-like flower heads, but especially shampoo ginger (Zingiber zerumbet).
- pink gingersplural of pink ginger: Ginger that has either been pickled or artificially dyed.
- red gingersplural of red ginger: A Malaysian plant related to ginger, if species Alpinia purpurata, grown for its showy red flower spikes.
- shampoo gingersplural of shampoo ginger: An Asian and Polynesian plant related to ginger, Zingiber zerumbet, whose inflorescence contains a substance used as a shampoo.
- shell gingersplural of shell ginger: An East Asian plant related to ginger, Alpinia zerumbet, grown for its showy flowers, which are shell-pink on the outside and intensely orange and red on the inside.
- spiral gingersplural of spiral ginger: A Costa Rican tropical plant distantly related to ginger, Costus barbatus, which is grown for its showy red flowerheads.
- spring gingersplural of spring ginger: An immature ginger root.
- torch gingersplural of torch ginger: A Southeast Asian tropical plant related to ginger, of species Etlingera elatior (syn. Phaeomeria magnifica), with pink buds used as a seasoning and spectacular red flowers.
- white gingersplural of white ginger: Ginger rootstock which has been dried and scraped.
- wild gingersplural of wild ginger: Any of the many plants similar to culinary ginger (Zingiber officinale) in appearance or aroma.
- young gingersplural of young ginger: An immature ginger root.
Compound words 3
- gingersnapA type of biscuit or cookie made from dough seasoned with ginger.
- gingersnapsplural of gingersnap: A type of biscuit or cookie made from dough seasoned with ginger.
- gingersomeCharacterised or marked by gingerness; careful; sensitive; delicate