ALPINIA GALANGA

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Meaning:

Southeastern Asian perennial with aromatic roots

Synonyms:

Alpinia galanga; galangal

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Nouns denoting plants

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)

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