Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts, Grains, Berries - Ginger

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Ginger or ginger root is the rhizome of the plant Zingiber officinale, consumed as a delicacy, medicine, or spice. It lends its name to its genus and family (Zingiberaceae). Other notable members of this plant family are turmeric, cardamom, and galangal. Ginger cultivation began in South Asia and has since spread to East Africa and the Caribbean.

The English name ginger comes from French: gingembre, Old English: gingifere, Medieval Latin: gingiber. Ultimately the origin is from the Dravidian word inji ver. The botanical term for root is ver, hence inji root or inji ver.

Ginger produces a hot, fragrant kitchen spice. Young ginger rhizomes are juicy and fleshy with a very mild taste.