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shell ginger

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English

Syllables
shel-l gin-ger
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An East Asian plant related to ginger, Alpinia zerumbet, grown for its showy flowers, which are shell-pink on the outside and intensely orange and red on the inside.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

shell gingers (plural)

Synonyms

shellflower shall-flower alpinia zerumbet alpinia speciosa languas speciosa

Questions

What does shell ginger mean?
An East Asian plant related to ginger, Alpinia zerumbet, grown for its showy flowers, which are shell-pink on the outside and intensely orange and red on the inside.

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