HyperDic: ginger_family

English > 1 sense of the expression ginger family:
NOUNplantginger family, Zingiberaceae, family Zingiberaceaea family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order Musales
English > ginger family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order Musales.
SynonymsZingiberaceae, family Zingiberaceae
Member ofMusales, order MusalesTropical plants
MembersAframomum, genus AframomumAn African genus of plants of the family Zingiberaceae
Alpinia, genus Alpinia, genus Zerumbet, genus Languasperennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes
Curcuma, genus CurcumaTropical Asiatic perennial herbs
Elettaria, genus Elettariacardamom
Zingiber, genus ZingiberTropical Asiatic and Polynesian perennial plants
Broadermonocot family, liliopsid familyfamily of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Spanishzingiberáceas
CatalanZingiberaceae

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