zingiberaceousadj.

Brit.

/ˌzɪndʒᵻbəˈreɪʃəs/, U.S.

/ˌzɪndʒəbəˈreɪʃəs/

Forms:

α. 1800s–1900s zinziberaceous.

β. 1800s– zingiberaceous.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Zingiberaceae , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Zingiberaceae (1812 or earlier, 1820 as Zinziberaceae ; < Zingiber , Zinziber , genus name (see zingiber n.) + -aceae : see -aceous suffix) + -ous suffix.Compare French zingibéracées (1808 or earlier). The form zinziberaceous was listed in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (1864), but is now disused (see α. forms).

Botany.

Of or relating to the family Zingiberaceae of monocotyledonous herbaceous plants found in tropical regions, including ginger, galangal, turmeric, and cardamom.In quot. 1821: resembling (that of) a plant of this family.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Zingiberaceae > [adjective]

scitamineous1783

zingiberaceous1821

α.

1821 S. F. Gray Nat. Arrangem. Brit. Plants II. 215 Corallorhiza... Herb light brown, leafless; root zinziberaceous, fleshy.

1913 Seeds & Plants Imported (U.S. Dept. Agric., Bull. No. 282) 89 A zinziberaceous plant from the eastern Tropics, whose root furnishes the galingale used by the natives for indigestion.

1953 Philippine Jrnl. Sci. 82 87 The hearth proper consists of layers of leaves (of the banana or of zinziberaceous plants) covered with sand or clay.

β. 1841 J. Lindley Elements Bot. (ed. 4) 177 The leaves of both this and the Zingiberaceous order are plaited into baskets by the Indians.1921 H. W. Youngken Text Bk. Pharmacognosy ii. 106 A perennial zingiberaceous herb attaining a height of 3 m.2004 Internat. Jrnl. Plant Sci. 165 1136/1 The newly discovered Beicegel Creek site..contains a plant assemblage..including..clavate seeds of probable zingiberaceous affinity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	zingiberaceous
释义	zingiberaceousadj. Brit. /ˌzɪndʒᵻbəˈreɪʃəs/, U.S. /ˌzɪndʒəbəˈreɪʃəs/ Forms: α. 1800s–1900s zinziberaceous. β. 1800s– zingiberaceous. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Zingiberaceae , -ous suffix. Etymology: < scientific Latin Zingiberaceae (1812 or earlier, 1820 as Zinziberaceae ; < Zingiber , Zinziber , genus name (see zingiber n.) + -aceae : see -aceous suffix) + -ous suffix.Compare French zingibéracées (1808 or earlier). The form zinziberaceous was listed in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (1864), but is now disused (see α. forms). Botany. Of or relating to the family Zingiberaceae of monocotyledonous herbaceous plants found in tropical regions, including ginger, galangal, turmeric, and cardamom.In quot. 1821: resembling (that of) a plant of this family. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Zingiberaceae > [adjective] scitamineous1783 zingiberaceous1821 α. 1821 S. F. Gray Nat. Arrangem. Brit. Plants II. 215 Corallorhiza... Herb light brown, leafless; root zinziberaceous, fleshy. 1913 Seeds & Plants Imported (U.S. Dept. Agric., Bull. No. 282) 89 A zinziberaceous plant from the eastern Tropics, whose root furnishes the galingale used by the natives for indigestion. 1953 Philippine Jrnl. Sci. 82 87 The hearth proper consists of layers of leaves (of the banana or of zinziberaceous plants) covered with sand or clay. β. 1841 J. Lindley Elements Bot. (ed. 4) 177 The leaves of both this and the Zingiberaceous order are plaited into baskets by the Indians.1921 H. W. Youngken Text Bk. Pharmacognosy ii. 106 A perennial zingiberaceous herb attaining a height of 3 m.2004 Internat. Jrnl. Plant Sci. 165 1136/1 The newly discovered Beicegel Creek site..contains a plant assemblage..including..clavate seeds of probable zingiberaceous affinity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1821
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