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Definition of Alpinia
1. Noun. Perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes.
Generic synonyms: Plant Genus
Group relationships: Family Zingiberaceae, Ginger Family, Zingiberaceae
Member holonyms: Alpinia Galanga, Galangal, Alpinia Officinalis, Alpinia Officinarum, Lesser Galangal, Alpinia Purpurata, Red Ginger, Alpinia Speciosa, Alpinia Zerumbet, Languas Speciosa, Shall-flower, Shell Ginger, Shellflower
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alpinia
Literary usage of Alpinia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1871)
"Alpinia AURANTIACA, Wall. A native of Singapore. ( Alpinia BRACTEATA, Roxb. 163.
... 5 7 Г. Alpinia MU ПСА- Roxb. A native of Penang, has large flowers, ..."
2. Publication by Field Museum of Natural History (1902)
"[Curcuma longa L. Cult. Eggers p. H2.J 205. [Alpinia nutans Rat. Cult. Eggers p.
112.] 206. [Renealmia sylvestris Gris. Eggers Fl. 957. ..."
3. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Sir Joseph Paxton (1847)
"Alpinia NUTANS. (Nodding-flower«! ... and placed in Alpinia, by Mr. Roscoe, in
an early volume of the "Linnean Society's Transactions. ..."
4. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1817)
"Stylus longitudine filamenti, in sulco anthers receptus. Stigma obsolete trigonum.
Caps, carnosa. Specific Character and Synonyms. Alpinia nut ans ..."
5. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1810)
"Cluster'd Alpinia. N'ai, of the West Indie?. Gift. ... Occidental Alpinia. Nat.
of Jamaica. ... 30o. ' Single plate by Syd. Edwards. Drooping Alpinia. ..."
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