galingale
any sedge of the genus Cyperus, especially an Old World species, C. longus, having aromatic roots.
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How to use galingale in a sentence
Thence they cut them pointed flag-leaves, and deep marsh-galingale.
Theocritus, Bion and Moschus | TheocritusThere are oak trees—here only galingale blows, here sweetly hum the bees about the hives!
Theocritus, Bion and Moschus | TheocritusHere be oak trees, and here the galingale, and sweetly here hum the bees about the hives.
Theocritus, Bion and Moschus | Theocritus
British Dictionary definitions for galingale
galangal
/ (ˈɡælɪŋˌɡeɪl) /
a European cyperaceous plant, Cyperus longus, with rough-edged leaves, reddish spikelets of flowers, and aromatic roots
Origin of galingale
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