Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Zingiberaceous \Zin`gi*ber*a"ceous\
   (z[i^]n`j[i^]*b[~e]r*[=a]"sh[u^]s), a. [L. zingiber ginger.
   See {Ginger}.] (Bot.)
   Of or pertaining to ginger, or to a tribe ({Zingibere[ae]})
   of endogenous plants of the order {Scitamine[ae]}. See
   {Scitamineous}.