The name Ginger originates from the English word for the spice or the reddish-brown color. It can also serve as a diminutive of Virginia, as exemplified by the actress and dancer Ginger Rogers (1911-1995), who popularized the name. Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is a flowering plant whose rhizome, ginger root or ginger, is widely used as a spice and a folk medicine. It is an herbaceous perennial that grows annual pseudostems about one meter tall, bearing narrow leaf blades. The inflorescences bear...