a reedlike plant, Zingiber officinale, native to the East Indies but now cultivated in most tropical countries, having a pungent, spicy rhizome used in cookery and medicine. Compare ginger family .

any of various related or similar plants.

Informal . piquancy; animation

plenty of ginger in their performance of the dance.

a yellowish or reddish brown.

to treat or flavor with ginger.

Informal . to impart piquancy or spirit to; enliven (usually fol. by up )

to ginger up a talk with a few jokes.

flavored or made with ginger.

noun

animation , bounce , brio , dash , lan , esprit , life , liveliness , pertness , sparkle , verve , vigor , vim , vivaciousness , vivacity , zip