Ginger (disambiguation)

Ginger commonly refers to a plant used as a spice in cooking. However, there are a number of other potential meanings:

Plants

• Myoga, a Japanese plant also used in foods such as miso soup
• Boesenbergia rotunda, a medicinal and culinary herb from China and Southeast Asia
• Etlingera eliator, also called Torch Ginger, a species of herbaceous perennial plant
• Alpinia purpurata, also called Red Ginger, Ostrich Plume or Pink Cone Ginger
• Wild ginger, any species from the Asarum genus of herbaceous plants

Fictional characters

• Ginger Hebblethwaite, a main character in the Biggles series of books by W.E. Johns
• Ginger (comics), a character in the British children's comic The Topper
• Ginger (The West Wing), a character in the TV series The West Wing
• Ginger Foutley, a character in the TV series As Told By Ginger
• Ginger Grant, a character in the TV series Gilligan's Island
• Ginger Meggs, a character in the Australian comic of the same name
• A character in the film Chicken Run
• Ginger, the Asian Fireside Girl from Phineas and Ferb as well as a Disney Fairy

Media and entertainment

• Ginger (album), an album by Speedy J
• Ginger (band), a Canadian music group
• Ginger (musician), singer and musician
• Geri Halliwell, called "Ginger Spice" in the 90s
• Ginger (book)
• Ginger Snaps (film), a Canadian werewolf film directed by John Fawcett
• Ginger Productions, a television production company
• An album by the Figgs
• As Told by Ginger, an American Emmy nominated animated series that premiered on Nickelodeon in October 2000
• Ginger Kids, a South Park episode

Food and beverage

• Ginger ale
• Ginger beer
• Ginger wine
• Gingersnaps
• Ginger milk curd
• Gari (ginger), a type of tsukemono (pickled vegetable)

Other meanings

• Hurricane Ginger (1971)
• Segway PT, a transportation device
• Ginger Group, a faction of radical Canadian Progressive and Labour Members of Parliament who advocated socialism
• A ginger, a person with red hair, pale white skin, and freckles
• Ginger (mummy), believed to be the earliest known ancient mummified body, dating to approximately 35th century BC