fingerroot

A noun referring to fingerroot (Boesenbergia rotunda), a plant of the ginger family from Southeast Asia whose finger-shaped rhizomes are used as a spice and in traditional medicine.

• 🌐اسم نباتي يشير إلى نبات بويسنبرجيا المستديرة (Boesenbergia rotunda) من الفصيلة الزنجبيلية في جنوب شرق آسيا، وله جذور أو ريزومات إصبعية الشكل تُستعمل تابلاً وفي الطب الشعبي.

1. Southeast Asian ginger C1 formal scientific

   A plant of the ginger family (Boesenbergia rotunda) native to Southeast Asia, grown for its cluster of finger-like rhizomes, used fresh in Thai and Indonesian cooking and in traditional medicine.

   • Fingerroot gives Thai fish curries their distinctive sharp aroma.
   • The rhizomes of fingerroot grow in a cluster that looks like a bunch of fingers.
   • In Indonesia, fingerroot is added to soups and herbal drinks.
   • Fingerroot is sometimes called Chinese ginger or Chinese keys.

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