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shell ginger

shell ginger noun: an East Asian plant related to ginger, Alpinia zerumbet, grown for its showy flowers, which are shell-pink on the outside and intensely orange and red on the inside.

shell ginger: an East Asian plant related to ginger, Alpinia zerumbet, grown for its showy flowers, which are...
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Noun

shell ginger (usually uncountable, plural shell gingers)

  1. (usually) An East Asian plant related to ginger, Alpinia zerumbet, grown for its showy flowers, which are shell-pink on the outside and intensely orange and red on the inside.

Forms of shell ginger

pluralshell gingers

Questions about shell ginger

What does shell ginger mean?
Shell ginger means an East Asian plant related to ginger, Alpinia zerumbet, grown for its showy flowers, which are shell-pink on the outside and intensely orange and red on the inside.
What part of speech is shell ginger?
Shell ginger is a noun.
What is the plural of shell ginger?
The plural of shell ginger is shell gingers.

Words near shell ginger in the dictionary

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  10. Shell Haven
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