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ALPINIA PURPURATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Alpinia purpurata mean? 

ALPINIA PURPURATA (noun)
  The noun ALPINIA PURPURATA has 1 sense:

1. an ornamental ginger native to Pacific islandsplay

  Familiarity information: ALPINIA PURPURATA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ALPINIA PURPURATA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An ornamental ginger native to Pacific islands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Alpinia purpurata; red ginger

Hypernyms ("Alpinia purpurata" is a kind of...):

ginger (perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems)

Holonyms ("Alpinia purpurata" is a member of...):

Alpinia; genus Alpinia; genus Languas; genus Zerumbet (perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes)


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