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GINGEROL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gingerol mean? 

GINGEROL (noun)
  The noun GINGEROL has 1 sense:

1. derived from ginger; source of the hotness of gingerplay

  Familiarity information: GINGEROL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GINGEROL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Derived from ginger; source of the hotness of ginger

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("gingerol" is a kind of...):

chemical irritant (a substance producing irritation)

Holonyms ("gingerol" is a substance of...):

ginger (perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems)


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