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Definition of Alpinia officinarum
1. Noun. Chinese perennial with pyramidal racemes of white flowers and pungent aromatic roots used medicinally and as flavoring.
Generic synonyms: Ginger
Group relationships: Alpinia, Genus Alpinia, Genus Languas, Genus Zerumbet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alpinia Officinarum
Literary usage of Alpinia officinarum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller (1906)
"Common or small galangal is the rhizome of Alpinia officinarum Hance (order ...
Galangal (Alpinia officinarum). Outer layers of rhizome in surface view, ..."
2. The Condensed Chemical Dictionary: A Reference Volume for All Requiring by Francis Mills Turner, Daniel Deronda Berolzheimer, William Parker Cutter, John Helfrich, Chemical Catalog Company, Inc (1920)
"Derivation: Distilled from the rhizome of Alpinia officinarum. Method of
purification: Rectification. Grades: Technical. Containers: Glass bottles. ..."
3. American Druggist (1888)
"It must not be confounded with the "Lesser Galangal," the root of Alpinia
officinarum Hance, which conies from China. This contains, according to the ..."
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