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galingale
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun galingale has 1 sense
- galingale(n = noun.plant) cyperus longus, galangal - European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots; Array is a kind of sedge
is a member of cyperus, genus cyperus
CIDE DICTIONARY
galingale, n. [See Galangal.].
A plant of the Sedge family (Cyperus longus ) having aromatic roots; also, any plant of the same genus. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
"Meadow, set with slender galingale."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
galingale, n.
1 an aromatic rhizome of an E. Asian plant of the genus Alpinia, formerly used in cookery and medicine.
2 (in full English galingale) a sedge (Cyperus longus) having a root with similar properties.
1 an aromatic rhizome of an E. Asian plant of the genus Alpinia, formerly used in cookery and medicine.
2 (in full English galingale) a sedge (Cyperus longus) having a root with similar properties.
Etymology
OE gallengar OF galingal f. Arab. kalanjan f. Chin. ge-liang-jiang mild ginger from Ge in Canton
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