sea ginger

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sea ginger - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sea ginger \Sea" gin"ger\ (Zool.)
     A hydroid coral of the genus Millepora, especially
     Millepora alcicornis, of the West Indies and Florida. So
     called because it stings the tongue like ginger. See Illust.
     under Millepore.
     [1913 Webster]