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.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa la raíz de dedos (Boesenbergia rotunda), planta de la familia del jengibre originaria del Sudeste Asiático, cuyos rizomas en forma de dedos se usan como especia y en la medicina tradicional.

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.

   🇪🇸Raíz de dedos

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