Hypertext Webster Gateway: "galingale"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Meadow, set with slender galingale. --Tennyson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
galingale
n : European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of
reddish flowers and aromatic roots [syn: {galangal}, {Cyperus
longus}]
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