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Japanese ginger

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Definition of Japanese ginger

: a commercial ginger root prepared from a Japanese ginger (Zingiber mioga) and usually marketed unscraped and coated with lime

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“Japanese ginger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Japanese%20ginger. Accessed 25 Jun. 2022.

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