Zingiberaceae

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Noun

Zingiberaceae - a family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order Musalesfamily Zingiberaceae, ginger familyliliopsid family, monocot family - family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seedMusales, order Musales - tropical plantsgenus Zingiber, Zingiber - tropical Asiatic and Polynesian perennial plants: gingerCurcuma, genus Curcuma - tropical Asiatic perennial herbsAlpinia, genus Alpinia, genus Languas, genus Zerumbet - perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomesAframomum, genus Aframomum - an African genus of plants of the family ZingiberaceaeElettaria, genus Elettaria - cardamom

Translations

Zingiberaceae

[‚zin·jə·bə′rās·ē‚ē] (botany) A family of aromatic monocotyledonous plants in the order Zingiberales characterized by one functional stamen with two pollen sacs, distichously arranged leaves and bracts, and abundant oil cells.

Zingiberaceae

the ginger family, a family of monocotyledonous plants. They are perennial aromatic herbs with a fleshy rhizome and often with tuberiform roots. The leaves are biserial, with long ocreae and a ligule. The flowers usually grow in racemes and rarely are single; they are for the most part bisexual and either regular or irregular. The ovary is inferior. The fruit is a capsule, and more rarely, berry-shaped. All parts of the plants contain essential oils. There are approximately 45 genera (more than 1,300 species), predominantly in the tropics, more rarely in the subtropics of South and Southeast Asia. A few exist in Africa and America. Zingiberaceae are cultivated as food condiments and as medicinal and ornamental plants (ginger, tormentil, cardamom, turmeric). In temperate latitudes some Zingiberaceae are cultivated in greenhouses.

Zingiberaceae

Related to Zingiberaceae: Zingiberales

noun

Synonyms for Zingiberaceae

noun a family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order Musales

Synonyms

family Zingiberaceae
ginger family

Related Words

liliopsid family
monocot family
Musales
order Musales
genus Zingiber
Zingiber
Curcuma
genus Curcuma
Alpinia
genus Alpinia
genus Languas
genus Zerumbet
Aframomum
genus Aframomum
Elettaria
genus Elettaria