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.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa a raiz-de-dedo (Boesenbergia rotunda), planta da família do gengibre nativa do Sudeste Asiático, cujos rizomas em forma de dedos são usados como tempero e na 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.

   🇵🇹Raiz-de-dedo

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