Definition of Alpinia officinarum

1. Noun. Chinese perennial with pyramidal racemes of white flowers and pungent aromatic roots used medicinally and as flavoring.

Exact synonyms: Alpinia Officinalis, Lesser Galangal
Generic synonyms: Ginger
Group relationships: Alpinia, Genus Alpinia, Genus Languas, Genus Zerumbet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alpinia Officinarum

Alpine celery pine
Alpine enchanter's nightshade
Alpine fir
Alpine glacier
Alpine golden chain
Alpine lady fern
Alpine lift
Alpine mouse-ear
Alpine scurvy
Alpine type of glacier
Alpine woodsia
Alpinia
Alpinia Zerumbet
Alpinia galanga
Alpinia officinalis
Alpinia officinarum (current term)
Alpinia purpurata
Alpinia speciosa
Alpinism
Alport's syndrome
Alps
Alrisha
Alsace
Alsatia
Alsatian
Alsatians
Alsation
Alsea
Alshain

Literary usage of Alpinia officinarum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller (1906)
"Common or small galangal is the rhizome of Alpinia officinarum Hance (order ... Galangal (Alpinia officinarum). Outer layers of rhizome in surface view, ..."

2. The Condensed Chemical Dictionary: A Reference Volume for All Requiring by Francis Mills Turner, Daniel Deronda Berolzheimer, William Parker Cutter, John Helfrich, Chemical Catalog Company, Inc (1920)
"Derivation: Distilled from the rhizome of Alpinia officinarum. Method of purification: Rectification. Grades: Technical. Containers: Glass bottles. ..."

3. American Druggist (1888)
"It must not be confounded with the "Lesser Galangal," the root of Alpinia officinarum Hance, which conies from China. This contains, according to the ..."

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