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GALANGAL

n.Zedoary, a species of Kaempferia. It has tuberous, thick, oblong, fleshy roots, crowned with oval close-sitting leaves, by pairs, without footstalks.

galangal

ga lan gal |gəˈlaNGgəl ɡəˈlæŋɡəl |(also galingale |ˈgalinˌgāl |) ▶noun an Asian plant of the ginger family, the aromatic rhizome of which is widely used in cooking and herbal medicine. [Genera Alpinia and Kaempferia, family Zingiberaceae. ] ORIGIN Middle English galingale, via Old French from Arabic ḵalanjān, perhaps from Chinese gāoliángjiāng, from gāoliáng (the name of a district in Guangdong Province, China ) + jiāng ‘ginger. ’

galangal

galangal |ˈgal (ə )ŋgal |(also galingale ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] an Asian plant of the ginger family, the aromatic rhizome of which is widely used in cookery and herbal medicine. ●Genera Alpinia and Kaempferia, family Zingiberaceae. ORIGIN Middle English galingale, via Old French from Arabic ḵalanjān, perhaps from Chinese gāoliángjiāng, from gāoliáng (the name of a district in Guangdong Province, China ) + jiāng ‘ginger ’.