noun
Chinese perennial with pyramidal racemes of white flowers and pungent aromatic roots used medicinally and as flavoring
• Syn: ↑lesser galangal, ↑Alpinia officinalis
• Hypernyms: ↑ginger
• Member Holonyms: ↑Alpinia, ↑genus Alpinia, ↑genus Zerumbet, ↑genus Languas
Useful english dictionary. 2012.