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GINGEROL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gingerol mean?
• GINGEROL (noun)
The noun GINGEROL has 1 sense:
1. derived from ginger; source of the hotness of ginger
Familiarity information: GINGEROL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Derived from ginger; source of the hotness of ginger
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("gingerol" is a kind of...):
chemical irritant (a substance producing irritation)
Holonyms ("gingerol" is a substance of...):
ginger (perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems)
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