<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A reedlike plant, <em>Zingiber officinale</em>, native to South Asia but now cultivated in many tropical countries, having a pungent, spicy rhizome used in cooking and medicine.</li><li>Compare ginger family.</li><li>Any of various plants related to or similar to <em>Zingiber officinale</em>.</li><li>The rhizome of <em>Zingiber officinale</em>, ground, chopped, etc., and used as a flavoring.</li><li>Informal: piquancy; animation: There was plenty of ginger in their performance of the dance.</li><li>A yellowish or reddish brown.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(Used with object) To treat or flavor with ginger, the spicy rhizome of the <em>Zingiber officinale</em> plant.</li><li>Informal: to impart piquancy or spirit to; enliven (usually followed by up): to ginger up a talk with a few jokes.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Flavored or made with ginger, the spicy rhizome of the <em>Zingiber officinale</em> plant.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>