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Definition of Galangal

1. Noun. Southeastern Asian perennial with aromatic roots.

2. Noun. European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots.

Definition of Galangal

1. Noun. Any of several east Asian plants of the ginger family, used as a spice, but principally ''Alpinia galanga''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Galangal

1. a medicinal plant [n -S]

Medical Definition of Galangal

1. The pungent aromatic rhizome or tuber of certain East Indian or Chinese species of Alpinia (A. Galanga and A. Officinarum) and of the Kaempferia Galanga), all of the Ginger family. Origin: OE. Galingale, OF. Galingal, garingal, F. Galanga (cf. Sp. Galanga), prob. Fr. Ar. Khalanjn. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Galangal

galacturonosyltransferase galage galages galago galagoes galagos galah galah session galah sessions galahs

galaktoboureko galalike galanas galanases galanga galangal (current term) galangals galangas galanin galantamine

galanthamine galanthophile galanthophiles galantine galantines galanty show galapago galapee tree galaptin galas

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