Ginger (disambiguation)
Appearance
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Ginger commonly refers to plants of Zingiberaceae family. used as a spice in cooking. However, there are a number of other potential meanings:
- an eastern cuisine spice
- a reddish-brown color
- a person with red hair, pale white skin, and freckles
- a female given name
Derivatives
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
- 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
- Ginger (mummy), believed to be the earliest known ancient mummified body, dating to approximately 35th century BC