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ALPINIA OFFICINALIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Chinese perennial with pyramidal racemes of white flowers and pungent aromatic roots used medicinally and as flavoring
Synonyms:
Alpinia officinalis; Alpinia officinarum; lesser galangal
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Alpinia officinalis" is a kind of...):
ginger (perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems)
Holonyms ("Alpinia officinalis" is a member of...):
Alpinia; genus Alpinia; genus Languas; genus Zerumbet (perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes)
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