ZINGIBER

(Lat.), n. n. Zi2nj(zi2n2g)'i2b-u6r(e2r). Gen., -ib'eris. Gr., t/yyi'|8epis. Fr., z., gingembre (gris et blanc, rhizome) [Fr. Cod.] (2d def.). Ger., Ingwer (2d def.). Sp.,jengibre (rhizoma) [Sp. Ph.] (2d def.). 1. A genus of plants forming, with Costus, Elettaria, Alpinia, Amomum, etc., an order (the Gingiberacece) of monocotyledons or a tribe (the Gingiberece) of the Scitaminece. 2. Of the U. S. Ph. and Br. Ph. (rhizoma zingiber is [Ger. Ph., Belg. Ph., Dan. Ph., Finn. Ph., Norw. Ph., Ru . Ph., Swed Ph., Swi Ph.], z. [rhizoma] [Austr. Ph., Hung. Ph., 2d ed., Netherl. Ph.], zhigiberis radix [Gr. Ph.]), ginger, the rhizoma of Z. ojfficinale. [a. 35.].^Ether oleum zingiber is. See Oil of GINGER. Cerevisia cum zingibere (seu zingiber is). See GiNGER-beer. E entia zingiber is. See Tinctura zingiber is. Extractum zingiber is aethereum. See Oleoresin a zingiber is. Extractum zingiber is II M il n in [U. S. Ph.]. A preparation made by exhausting with alcohol 100 grammes of ginger in No. 40 powder, reserving 90 c. c. of percolate, evaporating the residue to a soft extract, mixing the two, and bringing up to 100 c. c. [B, 95 (a, 38).] Infusum zingiber is [U. S. Ph., 1870]. A preparation made by macerating J Troy oz. of ginger in a pint of boiling water for two hours and straining. [B, 5 (a, 38).] Oleoresin a zingiber is [U. S. Ph.]. A preparation made by exhausting with ether 100 grammes of ginger in No. 60 powder (or carrying the proce far enough to obtain 150 parts of percolate), and evaporating the ether off. [B, 95 (a, 38).] Oleum zingiber is aethereum. See Oil of GINGER. Radix zingiber is. See Z. (2d def.). Radix zingiber is (alb i) e Jamaica. See White GINGER. Radix zingiber is silvestris. 1. Long zedoary. 2. The tuberous root-stock of Z. ca umunar. 3. The root-stock of Z. zerumbet [Roscoe]. [a, 35.] Rhizoma zingiber is. See Z. (2d def.). Rhizoma zingiber is piilveratum. Ginger dried at 40 C., powdered in an iron mortar, and sifted through a No. 120 silk sieve [Fr. Cod.], or powdered and sifted through a 1.600-mesh sieve [Ru . Ph.], or through a 1,000-mesh sieve till the residue forms a fibrous ma [Swed. Ph.]. [B, 95 (a, 38).] Syrupus zingiber is. A preparation made by triturating 2 parts of fluid extract of ginger with 25 of powdered sugar, maintaining at a heat of not more than 60 C. till the alcohol is evaporated, di olving the residue in 35 parts of water, filtering, washing till 60 parts are obtained, adding 40 of sugar, and straining [U. S. Ph.]; or by mixing 6 fluid drachms of stronger tincture of ginger with 19 fluid oz. of syrup [Br. Ph.]; or by macerating 1 part of ginger in 7 parts of water and 1 part of 90-per-cent. alcohol [Ru . Ph.] (in enough boiling water [Swed. Ph.]), and di olving 120 [Ru . Ph.] (126 [Swed. Ph.]) of sugar in 70 of filtered liquid. [B, 95 (a, 38).] Tabellee zingiber is. See Trochi sci zingiber is. Tinctura zingiber is. Fr., teinture de gingembre [Fr. Cod.]. A tincture made of 1 part of ginger in No! 40 powder with alcohol enough to make 5 parts by percolation [U. S. Ph.] (with 5 parts of dilute alcohol [Ger. Ph., Hung. Ph., Swi Ph.], 70-per-cent. alcohol [Ru . Ph.], or 80-per-cent. alcohol [Fr. Cod., Belg. Ph.J), or of 24 oz. of ginger with enough alcohol to make 20 fl. oz. by percolation [Br. Ph.]. [B, 95, 119 (a, 38).] Tinctura zingiber is anglica [Swi Ph.] (seu fortior [Br. Ph.]). A tincture made of 10 oz. of ginger with alcohol enough to make 20 fl. oz. by percolation [Br. Ph.]; or of 10 parts of ginger with alcohol enough to make 20 parts [Swi Ph.]. [B, 95 (a, 38).] Trochi sci zingiber is [U. S. Ph.]. Syn.: labellce zingiber is [Belg. Ph.]. Lozenges made of 200 parts of tincture of ginger with 2,000 of sugar, 50 of tragacanth, and enough syrup of ginger [U. S. Ph.]; or with 12 of tragacanth. 1,788 of sugar, and enough water [Belg. Ph.]. [B, 95 (a, 38).] Z. album. 1. Formerly the corm of Arum maculatum. [a, 35.] 2. See White GINGER. Z. amarum. Ger., bitterer Ingwer. A species found in Java and the Moluccas. The spicy, bitterish rhizome is used like that of Z. zerumbet. The young stems are used as a spice, and the young leaves are eaten. fa, 35.] Z. ca umunar, Z. ca u- 'miuiiar. Bengal root; a native of the East Indies, Java, and the Moluccas. The tubers of the root-stock, radix ca umunar (seu E, he; E2, ell; G, go; I, die; I2, in; N, in; N, tank; [s. 746]