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Definition: Galanga
Galanga
\Ga*lan"ga\, Galangal
\Ga*lan"gal\, n.[OE. galingale,
OF. galingal, garingal, F. galanga (cf. Sp. galanga), prob.
fr. Ar. khalanj[=a]n. ]
The pungent aromatic rhizome or tuber of certain East Indian
or Chinese species of
Alpinia (
Alpinia Galanga and
Alpinia officinarum) and of the
K[ae]mpferia Galanga), --
all of the Ginger family.
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