zingiberaceous

[ zin-juh-buh-rey-shuhs ]

adjective

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

zingiberaceous

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of zingiberaceous¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of zingiberaceous¹

C19: via New Latin from zingiber ginger

Example Sentences

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

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It was placed on the ground close to a rock, and at the foot of a Zingiberaceous plant, and rather exposed to view.

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The place where we had first encamped at the foot of the mountain being very gloomy, we chose another in a kind of swamp near a stream overgrown with Zingiberaceous plants, in which a clearing was easily made.

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

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