alpinia
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1. perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | plant genus, |
| definition | : | a genus of plants (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | alpinia galanga, galangal, |
| definition | : | southeastern Asian perennial with aromatic roots (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | alpinia officinalis, alpinia officinarum, lesser galangal, |
| definition | : | Chinese perennial with pyramidal racemes of white flowers and pungent aromatic roots used medicinally and as flavoring (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | alpinia purpurata, red ginger, |
| definition | : | an ornamental ginger native to Pacific islands (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | alpinia speciosa, alpinia zerumbet, languas speciosa, shall-flower, shell ginger, shellflower, |
| definition | : | cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | family zingiberaceae, ginger family, zingiberaceae, |
| definition | : | a family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order Musales (noun.plant) |
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