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Gingery

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Adjective

1. gingery

having a taste like that of ginger

2. ginger, gingery

(used especially of hair or fur) having a bright orange-brown color

Example Sentences:
'a man with gingery hair and bright blue eyes'
'a ginger kitten'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Gingery

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adjective
1. 
like or tasting of ginger
2. 
of or like the colour ginger
3. 
full of vigour; high-spirited
4. 
pointed; biting
a gingery remark

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Gingery

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adjective
1. 
a. 
like or flavored with ginger
b. 
spicy; pungent
2. 
sandy or reddish in color
3. 
lively, vigorous, sharp, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Gingery

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n.
1. A plant (Zingiber officinale) of tropical Southeast Asia having yellowish-green flowers and a pungent aromatic rhizome.
2. The rhizome of this plant, used as a spice either fresh or in dried and powdered form. Also called gingerroot.
3.
a. Any of several related plants having variously colored, often fragrant flowers.
b. Wild ginger.
4. A strong brown.
5. Informal Spirit and liveliness; vigor.
6. Slang A person who has red hair.
tr.v. gin·gered, gin·ger·ing, gin·gers
1. To spice with ginger.
2. Informal To make lively: A steel drum band gingered up the party.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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