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Galangal   Listen
noun
Galangal, Galanga  n.  The pungent aromatic rhizome or tuber of certain East Indian or Chinese species of Alpinia (Alpinia Galanga and Alpinia officinarum) and of the Kaempferia Galanga), all of the Ginger family.





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"Galangal" Quotes from Famous Books



... (Southern Shen-si) were in ancient times famed for their Ginger. Ginger is still exported in large quantities from Han k'ou. It is known also to be grown largely in the southern provinces.—Galingale is the Lesser or Chinese Galanga of commerce, Alpinia officinarum Hance." (Bretschneider, Hist. of Bot. Disc. I. p. 2. See Heyd, Com. ...
— The Travels of Marco Polo, Volume 2 • Marco Polo and Rustichello of Pisa


Words linked to "Galangal" :   Alpinia galanga, Alpinia, genus Languas, Cyperus, Cyperus longus, sedge, genus Zerumbet, genus Alpinia, lesser galangal, galingale, ginger, genus Cyperus


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