zin·gi·ber \ˈzinjəbə(r)\noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, ginger — more at ginger 1.capitalized: a genus of tropical Asiatic and Polynesian plants (family Zingiberaceae) having tuberous rootstocks, leafy stems, and a coned cluster of imbricated bracts of which each bract encloses from one to three flowers — see ginger 2.-s: any plant of the genus Zingiber