Ginger
Ginger names the plant and the aromatic rhizome used as a spice. The dictionary also records a light reddish or reddish-brown colour sense. These are separate word references. This entry does not use the food word to make a dietary recommendation for cats.
- Meaning
- The ginger plant or spice; also a reddish-brown colour
- Name or word origin
- English word name
Sources and meaning notes
The plant/spice and colour senses are supported; they do not restrict which cats can be named Ginger.
- Merriam-Webster: ginger The cited English dictionary senses; not a claim that every pet with this name was named for that sense
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Catalog grouping: Female. This is a browsing label and does not restrict which cats can use the name.
Names in similar collections to Ginger
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