LESSER GALANGAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lesser galangal mean? 

• LESSER GALANGAL (noun)
  The noun LESSER GALANGAL has 1 sense:

1. Chinese perennial with pyramidal racemes of white flowers and pungent aromatic roots used medicinally and as flavoring

  Familiarity information: LESSER GALANGAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LESSER GALANGAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chinese perennial with pyramidal racemes of white flowers and pungent aromatic roots used medicinally and as flavoring

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Alpinia officinalis; Alpinia officinarum; lesser galangal

Hypernyms ("lesser galangal" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("lesser galangal" is a member of...):

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