1. Tropical Asian plant widely cultivated for its pungent root; source of gingerroot and powdered ginger
   - common ginger, Canton ginger, Zingiber officinale

Derived forms: stem gingers

Type of: ginger

• genus Cotoneaster
• genus Cottus
• genus Cotula
• genus Coturnix
• genus Coumarouna
• genus Cracticus
• genus Crambe
• genus Crangon
• genus Craspedia
• genus Crassostrea
• genus Crassula
• genus Crataegus
• genus Crateva
• genus Crax
• genus Crepis
• genus Crescentia
• genus Crex
• genus Cricetus
• genus Crocethia
• genus Crocodilus
• genus Crocodylus
• genus Crocus
• genus Crocuta
• genus Cronartium
• genus Crotalaria