01SENSORY ASSOCIATIONSCULTURAL
- Color
- Ginger beige
- Texture
- Fibrous root
- Temperature
- Warm
- Sound
- Root grated
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Ginger
A fresh spicy root smell with citrusy, warm, sharp and aromatic character.
ATLAS POSITION155 / 200
MILESTONEAtlas 200
PRIMARY CATEGORYFood & Drink
PUBLIC TYPESource
PROFILE STATUScomplete
CULTURAL3associations / context
EXPERIMENTAL2nearby / prototype structure
VERIFIED1published source-backed claims
Source registry ↗02FEELS LIKECULTURAL
energywarmthclarity
Associations can vary strongly by person, place and culture.
03CONTEXTCULTURAL
kitchenteafresh root
04NEARBYEXPERIMENTAL
Early editorial relationships, not a live graph ranking.
05SCIENCE & SOURCESEXPERIMENTAL
VERIFIEDCLM-GINGER-001 ↗
Gas chromatography–olfactometry studies of ginger have identified multiple aroma-active volatile compounds, including several especially potent odorants.
Supports a multi-compound aroma basis in ginger; it does not imply identical composition across fresh, dried or processed ginger.
VERIFIEDPRIMARY
Identification of Ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) Volatiles and Localization of Aroma-Active Constituents by GC–Olfactometry
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
DOI 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b00559WHERE THIS SMELL APPEARS
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Fresh ginger and dried ginger can smell notably different; this page centers fresh root.
EDITORIAL REVISIONRevision 2
Added VERIFIED ginger-aroma evidence provenance.
Created 2026-09-22 · Updated 2026-09-22EVIDENCE MATTERS
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