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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Galanga \Ga*lan"ga\, Galangal \Ga*lan"gal\, n.[OE. galingale, OF galingal, garingal F. galanga (cf. Sp galanga), prob. fr Ar khalanj?n. ] The pungent aromatic rhizome or tuber of certain East Indian or Chinese species of {Alpinia} ({A. Galanga} and {A. officinarum}) and of the {K[ae]mpferia Galanga}), -- all of the Ginger family. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: galangal n 1: southeastern Asian perennial with aromatic roots [syn: {Alpinia galanga}] 2: European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots [syn: {galingale}, {Cyperus longus}]
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