a. Bot. [f. mod.L. Zingiberaceæ, f. Zingiber: see GINGER sb. and -ACEOUS.] Belonging to the N. O. Zingiberaceæ of monocotyledonous plants, typified by the genus Zingiber (GINGER).
1846. Smart (ed. 2).
1869. A. R. Wallace, Malay Archip., I. iii. 51. A stream overgrown with Zingiberaceous plants.
