ˈzinjəbə(r) noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, ginger — more at ginger
1. capitalized : a genus of tropical Asiatic and Polynesian plants (family Zingiberaceae) having tuberous rootstocks, leafy stems, and a coned cluster of imbricated bracts of which each bract encloses from one to three flowers — see ginger
2. -s : any plant of the genus Zingiber