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zingiber

zingiber noun: any member of the genus Zingiber of gingers.

zingiber: any member of the genus Zingiber of gingers
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Noun

zingiber (plural zingibers)

  1. Any member of the genus Zingiber of gingers.

zingiber meaning in Tamil and Kannada

zingiber in Tamil

இஞ்சி, சுக்கு

zingiber in Kannada

ಶುಂಠಿ

Forms of zingiber

pluralzingibers

Origin of zingiber

From taxonomic name Zingiber. Doublet of ginger.

Questions about zingiber

What does zingiber mean?
Zingiber means any member of the genus Zingiber of gingers.
What is zingiber in Tamil?
Zingiber in Tamil is இஞ்சி, சுக்கு. See Zingiber meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is zingiber?
Zingiber is a noun.
What is the plural of zingiber?
The plural of zingiber is zingibers.

Words near zingiber in the dictionary

  1. zingels
  2. zinger
  3. zingerone
  4. zingerones
  5. zingers
  6. zingiber
  7. zingiberaceous
  8. zingiberene
  9. zingiberenin
  10. zingiberine
  11. zingiberoid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: zingiber (page history and authors); zingiber (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); zingiber (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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