gal·in·gale

(găl′ĭn-gāl′)

1. Any of various sedges of the genus Cyperus, especially C. longus of Europe, having rough-edged leaves, reddish spikelets, and aromatic roots.

2. See galangal.

[Middle English, aromatic root of any of several kinds of plants, galangal; see galangal.]

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galingale

(ˈɡælɪŋˌɡeɪl) or

galangal

(Plants) a European cyperaceous plant, Cyperus longus, with rough-edged leaves, reddish spikelets of flowers, and aromatic roots

[C13: from Old French galingal, from Arabic khalanjān, from Chinese kaoliang-chiang, from Kaoliang district in Guangdong province + chiang ginger]

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gal•in•gale

(ˈgæl ɪnˌgeɪl, -ɪŋ-)

n.

1. any of numerous sedges of the genus Cyperus, esp. C.langus, having aromatic roots.

2. galangal.

[1275–1325; Middle English < Middle French galingal, garingal < Arabic khalanjān]

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Noun

galingale - European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots

Cyperus longus, galangal

sedge - grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers

Cyperus, genus Cyperus - type genus of Cyperaceae; grasslike rhizomatous herbs; cosmopolitan except very cold regions

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He awoke at last, drowsy and lazy, and casting his eyes about in every direction, observed, "There comes, if I don't mistake, from the quarter of that arcade a steam and a smell a great deal more like fried rashers than galingale or thyme; a wedding that begins with smells like that, by my faith, ought to be plentiful and unstinting."

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