wild ginger

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Noun

wild ginger (usually uncountable, plural wild gingers)

1. Any of the many plants similar to culinary ginger (Zingiber officinale) in appearance or aroma.
   1. in family Zingiberaceae, especially:
      1. Any of the Alpinia species (shell gingers), especially Alpinia caerulea.
      2. Curcuma australasica (native turmeric)
      3. Hedychium gardnerianum (kahili ginger, ginger lily)
      4. Siphonochilus aethiopicus (African ginger)
      5. Any of the numerous Zingiber species
      6. Renealmia aromatica (rat plantain)
   2. Any of several species of Asarum, especially Asarum caudatum (British Columbia wildginger), Asarum canadense, and Asarum sieboldi.

Further reading

• wild ginger on Wikipedia.Wikipedia