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zerumbet

zerumbet noun: zingiber zerumbet, a Javanese plant resembling ginger.

Noun

zerumbet (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Zingiber zerumbet, a Javanese plant resembling ginger.
    Synonyms:
    shampoo ginger, pinecone ginger, bitter ginger

Synonyms of zerumbet

Origin of zerumbet

From Medieval Latin zerumbet, zurumbet, from Arabic زُرُنْبَاد (zurunbād).

Questions about zerumbet

What does zerumbet mean?
Zerumbet means zingiber zerumbet, a Javanese plant resembling ginger.
What part of speech is zerumbet?
Zerumbet is a noun.

Words near zerumbet in the dictionary

  1. Zersetzung
  2. Zertuche
  3. Zertuches
  4. Zerubbabel
  5. Zeruiah
  6. zerumbet
  7. zerumbeth
  8. zerumbone
  9. zervamicin
  10. Zervanism
  11. Zervanite

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