Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun alpinia_officinarum

1 sense of alpinia officinarum

Sense 1
lesser galangal, Alpinia officinarum, Alpinia officinalis -- (Chinese perennial with pyramidal racemes of white flowers and pungent aromatic roots used medicinally and as flavoring)
       => ginger -- (perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems)