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galingale

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Noun
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun galingale has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

galingalen. [See Galangal.].
     A plant of the Sedge family (Cyperus longus) having aromatic roots; also, any plant of the same genus.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]
    "Meadow, set with slender galingale."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

galingale, n.
1 an aromatic rhizome of an E. Asian plant of the genus Alpinia, formerly used in cookery and medicine.
2 (in full English galingale) a sedge (Cyperus longus) having a root with similar properties.

Etymology
OE gallengar OF galingal f. Arab. kalanjan f. Chin. ge-liang-jiang mild ginger from Ge in Canton
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