GINGER

[noun] [U] - the spicy root of a tropical plant which is used in pieces or as a powder in cooking, or is eaten preserved in sugarground ginger (= ginger powder)crystallized ginger (= hard pieces of ginger covered in sugar)preserved ginger (= ginger pieces in liquid sugar)The colour ginger is red or orange-brown.His nickname was Ginger because of his ginger hair.Ginger ale and ginger beer are fizzy drinks containing ginger. Ginger ale (UK also ginger or [UK and ANZ] dry ginger) is sometimes mixed with an alcoholic drink.brandy and ginger.Ginger wine is an alcoholic drink made with ginger.(UK and ANZ) A ginger nut/biscuit/(esp. US) snap is a type of hard biscuit containing ginger.Compare gingerbread.(UK and ANZ) A ginger group is a group of people who try to encourage other people to follow a new, more interesting or more active way of doing things.