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Jamaica ginger paralysis
| essence | 1. The constituent elementary notions which constitute a complex notion, and must be enumerated to define it; sometimes called the nominal essence. 2. The constituent quality or qualities which belong to any object, or class of objects, or on which they depend for being what they are (distinguished as real essence); the real being, divested of all logical accidents; that quality which constitutes or marks the true nature of anything; distinctive character; hence, virtue or quality of a thing, separated from its grosser parts. "The laws are at present, both in form and essence, the greatest curse that society labors under." (Landor) "Gifts and alms are the expressions, not the essence of this virtue [charity]" (Addison) "The essence of Addison's humor is irony." (Courthope) 3. Constituent substance. "And uncompounded is their essence pure." (Milton) 4. A being; especially, a purely spiritual being. "As far as gods and heavenly essences Can perish." (Milton) "He had been indulging in fanciful speculations on spiritual essences, until . . . He had and ideal world of his own around him." (W. Irving) 5. The predominant qualities or virtues of a plant or drug, extracted and refined from grosser matter; or, more strictly, the solution in spirits of wine of a volatile or essential oil; as, the essence of mint, and the like. "The . . . Word essence . . . Scarcely underwent a more complete transformation when from being the abstract of the verb "to be," it came to denote something sufficiently concrete to be inclosed in a glass bottle." (J. S. Mill) 6. Perfume; odour; scent; or the volatile matter constituting perfume. "Nor let the essences exhale." (Pope) Origin: F. Essence, L. Essentia, formed as if fr. A p. Pr. Of esse to be. See Is, and cf. Entity. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| essence of rose | A volatile oil from the fresh flowers of Rosa gallica and R. Damascena and other members of the Rosaceae family. Used largely in perfumery; ointments, and toilet preparations. Synonym: attar of rose, essence of rose, otto of rose. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ginger | 1. <botany> A plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies. The species most known is Z. Officinale. 2. The hot and spicy rootstock of Zingiber officinale, which is much used in cookery and in medicine. Ginger beer or ale, a mild beer impregnated with ginger. Ginger cordial, a liquor made from ginger, raisins, lemon rind, and water, and sometimes whisky or brandy. Ginger pop. See Ginger beer (above). Ginger wine, wine impregnated with ginger. <botany> Wild ginger, an American herb (Asarum Canadense) with two reniform leaves and a long, cordlike rootstock which has a strong taste of ginger. Origin: OE. Ginger, gingever, gingivere, OF. Gengibre, gingimbre, F. Gingembre, L. Zingiber, zingiberi, fr. Gr.; of Oriental origin; cf. Ar. & Pers. Zenjebil, fr. Skr. Gavera, prop, hornshaped; ga horn + vera body. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ginger oleoresin | A carminative, stimulant, and flavoring agent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ginger paralysis | Neuropathy produced by drinking synthetic Jamaican ginger (or "jake" in the vernacular) containing triorthocresylphosphate. Synonym: ginger paralysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Chinese ginger | The pungent aromatic rhizome or tuber of certain East Indian or Chinese species of Alpinia (A. Galanga and A. Officinarum) and of the Kaempferia Galanga), all of the Ginger family. Origin: OE. Galingale, OF. Galingal, garingal, F. Galanga (cf. Sp. Galanga), prob. Fr. Ar. Khalanjn. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wild ginger | An aromatic stimulant and diaphoretic. Synonym: Canada snakeroot, Indian ginger, wild ginger. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sea ginger | <zoology> A hydroid coral of the genus Millepora, especially M. Alcicornis, of the West Indies and Florida. So called because it stings the tongue like ginger. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Indian ginger | An aromatic stimulant and diaphoretic. Synonym: Canada snakeroot, Indian ginger, wild ginger. (05 Mar 2000) |
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