genus zingiber

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   tropical Asiatic and Polynesian perennial plants: ginger

   SynonymsZingiber

   Broadermonocot genus

   Part ofZingiberaceae

Questions about genus zingiber

What does genus zingiber mean?

genus zingiber means "tropical Asiatic and Polynesian perennial plants: ginger".

What is another word for genus zingiber?

Close synonyms include Zingiber. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus zingiber a common word?

genus zingiber is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.