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galangal
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun galangal has 2 senses
- galangal(n = noun.plant) alpinia galanga - southeastern Asian perennial with aromatic roots; Array is a kind of ginger
- galangal(n = noun.plant) cyperus longus, galingale - European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots; Array is a kind of sedge
is a member of alpinia, genus alpinia, genus languas, genus zerumbet
is a member of cyperus, genus cyperus
CIDE DICTIONARY
galangal, n. [OE. galingale, OF. galingal, garingal, F. galanga (cf. Sp. galanga), prob. fr. Ar. khalanj. ].
The pungent aromatic rhizome or tuber of certain East Indian or Chinese species of Alpinia (Alpinia Galanga and Alpinia officinarum ) and of the Kæmpferia Galanga ), -- all of the Ginger family. [1913 Webster]
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