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spiral ginger

spiral ginger noun: a Costa Rican tropical plant distantly related to ginger, Costus barbatus, which is grown for its showy red flowerheads.

Noun

spiral ginger (countable and uncountable, plural spiral gingers)

  1. A Costa Rican tropical plant distantly related to ginger, Costus barbatus, which is grown for its showy red flowerheads.

Forms of spiral ginger

pluralspiral gingers

Questions about spiral ginger

What does spiral ginger mean?
Spiral ginger means a Costa Rican tropical plant distantly related to ginger, Costus barbatus, which is grown for its showy red flowerheads.
What part of speech is spiral ginger?
Spiral ginger is a noun.
What is the plural of spiral ginger?
The plural of spiral ginger is spiral gingers.

Words near spiral ginger in the dictionary

  1. spiral fries
  2. spiral galaxies
  3. spiral galaxy
  4. spiral ganglia
  5. spiral ganglion
  6. spiral ginger
  7. spiral gingers
  8. spiral nebula
  9. spiral nebulae
  10. spiral nebulas
  11. spiral of Archimedes

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