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African ginger

African ginger noun: siphonochilus aethiopicus, a kind of ginger plant.

african ginger: siphonochilus aethiopicus, a kind of ginger plant
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Noun

African ginger (uncountable)

  1. Siphonochilus aethiopicus, a kind of ginger plant.
    Synonyms:
    wild ginger

Synonyms of African ginger

Questions about African ginger

What does African ginger mean?
African ginger means siphonochilus aethiopicus, a kind of ginger plant.
What part of speech is African ginger?
African ginger is a noun.

Words near African ginger in the dictionary

  1. African Eve
  2. African Eves
  3. African fish eagle
  4. African forest elephant
  5. African forest elephants
  6. African ginger
  7. African glass catfish
  8. African glass catfishes
  9. African golden cat
  10. African golden cats
  11. African golden wolf

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