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RED GINGER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does red ginger mean? 

RED GINGER (noun)
  The noun RED GINGER has 1 sense:

1. an ornamental ginger native to Pacific islandsplay

  Familiarity information: RED GINGER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RED GINGER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An ornamental ginger native to Pacific islands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Alpinia purpurata; red ginger

Hypernyms ("red ginger" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("red ginger" is a member of...):

Alpinia; genus Alpinia; genus Languas; genus Zerumbet (perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes)


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