fingerroot

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noun

Boesenbergia rotunda, a plant related to ginger, with fingerlike roots used as a spice.

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Chinese keyslesser galangalChinese gingerkachaicommon foxglovefairy bellfingerflowerfinger-flower
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Meanings

nounfingerroot (uncountable)
  1. uncountableBoesenbergia rotunda, a plant related to ginger, with fingerlike roots used as a spice.

    Synonyms: Chinese keys, lesser galangal, Chinese ginger, kachai

Synonyms & antonyms

nounBoesenbergia rotunda, a plant related to ginger, with fingerlike roots used as a spice.

Similar
Chinese keyslesser galangalChinese gingerkachai

More synonyms by meaning

nountall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock

Similar
common foxglovefairy bellfingerflowerfinger-flowerfinger-rootDigitalis purpurea
Broader
foxglovedigitalis
Also see
common foxglove

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From finger + root.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 凹唇薑 /凹唇姜
  • 凹唇薑 /凹唇姜 (āochúnjiāng)Boesenbergia rotunda
Indonesian temu kunci
  • temu kunciBoesenbergia rotunda
Malay temu kunci
  • temu kunciBoesenbergia rotunda
Thai กระชาย
  • กระชาย (grà-chaai)Boesenbergia rotunda
Vietnamese ngải bún, nga truật
  • ngải búnBoesenbergia rotunda
  • nga truậtBoesenbergia rotunda
Cite this entry
APA

fingerroot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fingerroot

MLA

“fingerroot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fingerroot. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fingerroot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fingerroot.

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