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    GENUS LANGUAS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomesplay

    Synonyms:

    Alpinia; genus Alpinia; genus Languas; genus Zerumbet

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Languas" is a kind of...):

    plant genus (a genus of plants)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Languas"):

    Alpinia galanga; galangal (southeastern Asian perennial with aromatic roots)

    Alpinia officinalis; Alpinia officinarum; lesser galangal (Chinese perennial with pyramidal racemes of white flowers and pungent aromatic roots used medicinally and as flavoring)

    Alpinia purpurata; red ginger (an ornamental ginger native to Pacific islands)

    Alpinia speciosa; Alpinia Zerumbet; Languas speciosa; shall-flower; shell ginger; shellflower (cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes)

    Holonyms ("genus Languas" is a member of...):

    family Zingiberaceae; ginger family; Zingiberaceae (a family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order Musales)

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