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Definition of Galangas
1. galanga [n] - See also: galanga
Lexicographical Neighbors of Galangas
Literary usage of Galangas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Flora Hongkongensis: A Description of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of the by George. Bentham (1861)
"Perianth nearly as in A. galangas, but much smaller ; the inner lobes scarcely
exceeding 4 lines. Labellum sessile, broadly ovate, slightly emarginate, ..."
2. The Condensed Chemical Dictionary: A Reference Volume for All Requiring by Chemical Catalog Company, Inc (1920)
"The commonest source of borax in the United States. California and Oregon.
Colic Root. See galangas. ..."
3. Science Papers: Chiefly Pharmacological and Botanical by Daniel Hanbury (1876)
"HISTORICAL NOTES OX THE RADIX galangas OF PHARMACY. (Zur Geschichte der Galanga.')
(Read before tlie Linnean Society, January 19, 1871.) IOTI. ..."
4. Companion to the Botanical Magazine by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1835)
"... galangas, and those of Costus Arabiens; all these bruised substances being
slowly mingled together, except the Capsicum seeds, which are hastily thrust, ..."
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