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.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant le fingerroot (Boesenbergia rotunda), plante de la famille du gingembre originaire d'Asie du Sud-Est, dont les rhizomes en forme de doigts servent d'épice et en médecine traditionnelle.

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.

   🇫🇷Fingerroot

   Synonymes: digitalisfinger-flowerfinger-rootfingerflowerfoxglove