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galangal

Syllabification: (ga·lan·gal)
Pronunciation: /gəˈlaNGgəl/

(also galingale /ˈgalinˌgāl/)
Definition of galangal

noun

  • an Asian plant of the ginger family, the aromatic rhizome of which is widely used in cooking and herbal medicine.
    • Genera Alpinia and Kaempferia, family Zingiberaceae

Origin:

Middle English galingale, via Old French from Arabic ḵalanjān, perhaps from Chinese gāoliángjiāng, from gāoliáng (the name of a district in Guangdong Province, China) + jiāng 'ginger'

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