alpinia officinarum

Noun
  1. Chinese perennial with pyramidal racemes of white flowers and pungent aromatic roots used medicinally and as flavoring (synset 112377617)
    hypernym: ginger - perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems
    member meronym: alpinia, genus alpinia, genus languas, genus zerumbet - perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes
    synonym: alpinia officinalis, lesser galangal

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