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white ginger

noun

Definition of white ginger

1 : the rootstock of ginger dried and scraped

— called also African ginger, cochin ginger

—distinguished from black ginger
2 : a large Indian herb (Hedychium coronarium) that is widely cultivated in warm regions for its showy white fragrant flowers

First Known Use of white ginger

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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