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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. southeastern Asian perennial with aromatic roots;
[syn: galangal, Alpinia galanga]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Galanga \Ga*lan"ga\, Galangal \Ga*lan"gal\, n.[OE. galingale, OF. galingal, garingal, F. galanga (cf. Sp. galanga), prob. fr. Ar. khalanj[=a]n. ] The pungent aromatic rhizome or tuber of certain East Indian or Chinese species of Alpinia (Alpinia Galanga and Alpinia officinarum) and of the K[ae]mpferia Galanga), -- all of the Ginger family. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Alpinia galanga n 1: southeastern Asian perennial with aromatic roots [syn: galangal, Alpinia galanga]