noun
- the aromatic, medicinal rhizome of certain eastern Asian plants belonging to the genus Alpinia, of the ginger family.
noun
- another name for galingale
- a zingiberaceous plant, Alpinia officinarum, of China and the East Indies
- the pungent aromatic root of this plant, dried and used as a seasoning and in medicine
n.
- A plant of eastern Asia, having pungent, aromatic rhizomes used as an aromatic stimulant and carminative.