GINGERS
Noun
gingers
plural of ginger
Verb
gingers
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ginger
Anagrams
• niggers, serging, snigger
Source: Wiktionary
GINGER
Gin"ger, n. Etym: [OE. ginger, gingever, gingivere, OF. gengibre,
gingimbre, F. gingembre, L. zingiber, zingiberi, fr. Gr. zenjebil,
fr. Skr. , prop., hornshaped; horn + vëra body.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: A plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies. The
species most known is Z. officinale.
2. The hot and spicy rootstock of Zingiber officinale, which is much
used in cookery and in medicine. Ginger beer or ale, a mild beer
impregnated with ginger.
– Ginger cordial, a liquor made from ginger, raisins, lemon rind,
and water, and sometimes whisky or brandy.
– Ginger pop. See Ginger beer (above).
– Ginger wine, wine impregnated with ginger.
– Wild ginger (Bot.), an American herb (Asarum Canadense) with two
reniform leaves and a long, cordlike rootstock which has a strong
taste of ginger.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition