Hypernym

noun

perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems

Member_meronym

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perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes

Substance_meronym

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a flavonol found in high concentrations in Alpinia officinarum (lesser galangal) and Helichrysum aureonitens.

lesser galangal 1

noundomain: plant

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

Chinese perennial with pyramidal racemes of white flowers and pungent aromatic roots used medicinally and as flavoring

Synonyms

Alpinia officinarum 1
Chinese perennial with pyramidal racemes of white flowers and pungent aromatic roots used medicinally and as flavoring
Alpinia officinalis 1
Chinese perennial with pyramidal racemes of white flowers and pungent aromatic roots used medicinally and as flavoring

Member_holonym

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perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes