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

2 senses of galangal

Sense 1
galangal, Alpinia galanga -- (southeastern Asian perennial with aromatic roots)
       => ginger -- (perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems)

Sense 2
galingale, galangal, Cyperus longus -- (European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots)
       => sedge -- (grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers)