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ALPINIA GALANGA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Southeastern Asian perennial with aromatic roots
Synonyms:
Alpinia galanga; galangal
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Alpinia galanga" is a kind of...):
ginger (perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems)
Holonyms ("Alpinia galanga" is a member of...):
Alpinia; genus Alpinia; genus Languas; genus Zerumbet (perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes)