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[syn: galingale, galangal, Cyperus longus]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Galingale \Gal"in*gale\, n. [See Galangal.] (Bot.)
A plant of the Sedge family (Cyperus longus) having
aromatic roots; also, any plant of the same genus. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
Meadow, set with slender galingale. --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Cyperus longus
n 1: European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of
reddish flowers and aromatic roots [syn: galingale,
galangal, Cyperus longus]