zingiberaceous

English

Etymology

From translingual Zingiberaceae +‎ -ous.

Adjective

zingiberaceous (not comparable)

  1. zinziberaceous
    • 1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 103:
      Beyond here the tides are not felt, and we now entered upon a district of elevated forest, with a finer vegetation. Large trees stretch out their arms across the stream, and the steep, earthy banks are clothed with ferns and zingiberaceous plants.
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