GINGER

n. Jin'ju6r. Gr., iyyi'/3epi (1st def.). Lat., gingiber (1st def.), zingiber (1st def.), zingiber i (1st def.). Fr., gingembre (1st def.). Ger., Ingwer (1st def.). It., zenzero (1st def.). Sp., gengibre (1st def.). Tarn., ingie. Mai., ixchi. Tel., ullum. Hind., south. Beng., ada. 1. The rhizome of Zingiber offlcinale and other allied species of Zingiber, also of some species of Alpinia, Asarum, etc. (see ZINGIBER). 2. The Sedum acre. [A, 505 (a, 21); B, 5, 173, 180 (a, 24).] African g. The commercial name for a variety of coated g. [B, 18(a,24).] Amadag. The Curcuma amada. [B, 275 (a, 24).] Barb a does g. See Black g. Bengal ~% A commercial name for a scraped g. JB, 18 (a, 21).] Black g. f'he ordinary g. of commerce; prepared by cleansing the root, scalding in boiling water to prevent germination, and then drying. IB, 5 (a, 24).] Broad-leaved g. The Zingiber zerumbet. [B, 275 (a, 24).l Coated g. G. dried without removal of the epidermis. [B, 18 (a, 24).] Cochin g. One of the scraped or uncoated g's. [B, 18 (o, 24).] Common g. The Zingiber offlcinale: in commerce, black g. fB, 5, 275 (o, 24.] Confect of g. Fr., cond it de gingembre. A preparation made by decorticating g.-root, boiling till 'tender, boiling repeatedly in syrup (made thicker each time), and drying. (B. 89, 92 (a, 14).] Decorticated g. See Uncoated g. feast Indian g. G. imported from Calcutta, chiefly black g. The uncoated variety is of a darker color than the white, or Jamaica, g. [B. 5, (a, 24).] Egyptian g. The Colocnsia e.tcitlenta. [B. aT."> (o. 24).] E ence of g. See Tinctura ZINGIBKRIS fnrtior. Ethereal extract of g. See Ole orexin a ZINGIBKRIH. -Fluid extract of g. See Extractum ZIXGIBERIS fluidum. Garden-g. An old name for Capsicum. [B, 275 (a, 24).] G.-heer. Lnt.. ri-rrrixin zingiber is (seu zinyibe.ntta, seu cum zingibere). A preparation made of sugar, bruised Jamaica g., tartaric acid, lemon-juice, and yeast in varying proportions, mixed with boiling water, fermented for a day or two, cleared with white of egg, and bottled. [A, 377 (a, 14).] G.-beer powder. Fr., biere de gingembre stche. A preparation made by mixing 4 grammes of powdered g., 20 of sodium bicarbonate, and 140 of white sugar for 12 powders in blue A, ape; A, at; A, ah; A4, all; Ch, chin; Ch, loch (Scottish); [s. 184]