Galingale

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(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:49:39

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.

 

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