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| ga·lan·gal [ gə láng g'l ] |
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1. spice resembling ginger: the pungent underground stem of a ginger plant, sold fresh or dried and ground. Use: cookery, medicine.
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2. plant of ginger family: a plant of the ginger family grown for its edible underground stem. Native to: eastern Asia. Latin name Alpinia officinarum.
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3. plants
Same as galingale
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| [Pre-12th century. Via Old French galingal< Arabic ḵálanjān] |
