α. 1700s zinziber.
β. 1700s– zingiber.
单词 | zingiber |
释义 | zingibern.α. 1700s zinziber. β. 1700s– zingiber. Originally: the spice ginger (now rare). In later use: the ginger plant, Zingiber officinale, or any other plant of the genus Zingiber. Cf. ginger n. I. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > spice > [noun] > ginger gingereOE white ginger?c1425 racec1450 ginger spice1530 rance1570 zingiber?1720 Jamaica ginger1818 ?1720 Husbandman's Jewel 19 Take a quarter of an Ounce of Zinziber Pouder, 2 Ounces of fine Loaf Sugar, mix them well with some of the Liquor being warm, and pour it in. 1749 W. Douglass Summary First Planting Brit. Settlem. N.-Amer. I. 128 Produce that are Commodities in Trade (a) Cocoa, (b) Zingiber or Ginger, (c) Indigo, (d) Cotton-Wool. 1788 W. H. Hall New Royal Encycl. I. at Amomum The zingiber, or common ginger, is a native of the East, and also of some parts of the West Indies. 1886 Hahnemannian Monthly Apr. 218 Zingiber or ginger has a tonic effect on the stomach unless it is overused. 1970 Guardian 2 June 12/5 Bottles..of everything from Advocaat to Zingiber wine. 1971 Country Life 20 May 1252/2 But the particular forte of most [herbs] is as permanent foliage foils for other, brighter things as well as in their own right, from angelica to zingiber. 2016 MidWeek (Mackay, Queensland) (Nexis) 30 Nov. 13 Zingibers are best grown from the rhizome. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1720 |
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