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Perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes
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alpinia
Word definitions for alpinia in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Alpinia \Alpinia\ n. 1. 1 a genus of perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes. Syn: genus Alpinia , genus Zerumbet , genus Languas .
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Alpinia is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae . It is named for Prospero Alpini , a 17th-century Italian botanist who specialized in exotic plants. Species are native to Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands, where they occur ...
Usage examples of alpinia.
So did one Alpinia officinarum, which may or may not differ from the other two.
Black cardamom has been variously classified as Zmgiber nigrum, Alpinia allughas, and, sometimes, Amomurn amarum.