/ Thesaurus / Z Synonyms of zingiber officinale Find synonyms for: Noun1. common ginger, Canton ginger, stem ginger, Zingiber officinale, gingerusage: tropical Asian plant widely cultivated for its pungent root; source of gingerroot and powdered gingerWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: tactful Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language