ginger

Adjective

• (used especially of hair or fur) having a bright orange-brown color
  • a man with gingery hair and bright blue eyes
    
  • a ginger kitten
    

Noun

• liveliness and energy
  • this tonic is guaranteed to give you more pep
    

• pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a seasoning especially in Asian cookery

• dried ground gingerroot

• perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems

Verb

• add ginger to in order to add flavor
  • ginger the soup
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  gingery , pep , peppiness , gingerroot , powdered ginger