spiral ginger

noun

A Costa Rican tropical plant distantly related to ginger, Costus barbatus, which is grown for its showy red flowerheads.

Meanings

nounspiral ginger (countable and uncountable, plural spiral gingers)

plural spiral gingers

  1. countableuncountableA Costa Rican tropical plant distantly related to ginger, Costus barbatus, which is grown for its showy red flowerheads.
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