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galingale
[ gal-in-geyl, -ing- ]
noun
- any sedge of the genus Cyperus, especially an Old World species, C. longus, having aromatic roots.
galingale
/ ˈɡælɪŋˌɡeɪl /
noun
- a European cyperaceous plant, Cyperus longus, with rough-edged leaves, reddish spikelets of flowers, and aromatic roots
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Word History and Origins
Origin of galingale1
First recorded in 1275–1325, in the sense “aromatic rhizome of the genus Alpinia ”; Middle English galyngal, galyngale from Middle French galingal, garingal, from Medieval Latin galinga, galanga, galingala, from Arabic khalanjān, khalunjān, khūlunjān, from Persian khūlanjān; further origin uncertain; galangal ( def )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of galingale1
C13: from Old French galingal, from Arabic khalanjān, from Chinese kaoliang-chiang, from Kaoliang district in Guangdong province + chiang ginger
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Example Sentences
Thence they cut them pointed flag-leaves, and deep marsh-galingale.
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There are oak trees—here only galingale blows, here sweetly hum the bees about the hives!
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Here be oak trees, and here the galingale, and sweetly here hum the bees about the hives.
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