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/dʒˈɪndʒər bɪr/ Listen

noun

Ginger n.

(Bot.) A plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies. The species most known is Zingiber officinale.

The hot and spicy rootstock of Zingiber officinale, which is much used in cookery and in medicine.

Ginger ale

(a)

a soft drink flavored with ginger and carbonated.

(a)

See ginger beer, below.

Ginger beer or Ginger ale, a mild beer impregnated with ginger.

Ginger cordial, a liquor made from ginger, raisins, lemon rind, and water, and sometimes whisky or brandy.

Ginger pop. See Ginger ale (above).

Ginger wine, wine impregnated with ginger.

Wild ginger (Bot.), an American herb (Asarum Canadense) with two reniform leaves and a long, cordlike rootstock which has a strong taste of ginger.

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Etymology of 'Ginger beer'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Ginger beer" Quotes from Famous Books

... always at her post Early morn or even late; Ginger beer or chestnut roast, Served she as she sat in state, On two bushel-baskets high; You should have seen ...

— Pipe and Pouch - The Smoker's Own Book of Poetry • Various