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Definition of Genus Alpinia
1. Noun. Perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes.
Generic synonyms: Plant Genus
Group relationships: Family Zingiberaceae, Ginger Family, Zingiberaceae
Member holonyms: Alpinia Galanga, Galangal, Alpinia Officinalis, Alpinia Officinarum, Lesser Galangal, Alpinia Purpurata, Red Ginger, Alpinia Speciosa, Alpinia Zerumbet, Languas Speciosa, Shall-flower, Shell Ginger, Shellflower
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Alpinia
Literary usage of Genus Alpinia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"The genus Alpinia has an uncrowned anther, the » terior limb of the corolla with
one lip, the capsule a ban, the seeds with an aril. ..."
2. Pharmaceutical Journal by Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1867)
"genus Alpinia. 1. Galanya Cardamom.—Two species of Alpinia furnish medicinal
pro'' ducts, one of them yielding ordinary Galangal Root, the other the Great ..."
3. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1843)
"The genus Alpinia has an uncrowned anther, lK ;•- terior limb of the corolla with
one lip, the capsule я N " the seeds with an aril. This genus was named I, ..."
4. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1814)
"Both Dr. Smith and Dr. Roxburgh have referred amomum. repens of Sonnerat (the
plant producing the lesser cardamoms of the shops) to the genus alpinia. ..."
5. The Medical and Physical Journal (1814)
"the genus alpinia. Mr. Roscoe, however, is induced to agree with Dr. Maton, who,
in his observations ou Mr. White's paper on cardamoms, published in the ..."
6. Annals of Philosophy, Or, Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Mechanics by Thomas Thomson (1814)
"... and Dr. Roxburgh have referred amomum repent of Sonnerat (the plant producing
the lesser cardamoms of the shops) to the genus alpinia, ..."
7. Spices by Henry Nicholas Ridley (1912)
"GALANGAL There are two spice plants known as galangal, the lesser and the greater
galangal. Both are species of the genus Alpinia, viz. ..."
8. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"The genus Alpinia has an uncrowned anther, the » terior limb of the corolla with
one lip, the capsule a ban, the seeds with an aril. ..."
9. Pharmaceutical Journal by Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1867)
"genus Alpinia. 1. Galanya Cardamom.—Two species of Alpinia furnish medicinal
pro'' ducts, one of them yielding ordinary Galangal Root, the other the Great ..."
10. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1843)
"The genus Alpinia has an uncrowned anther, lK ;•- terior limb of the corolla with
one lip, the capsule я N " the seeds with an aril. This genus was named I, ..."
11. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1814)
"Both Dr. Smith and Dr. Roxburgh have referred amomum. repens of Sonnerat (the
plant producing the lesser cardamoms of the shops) to the genus alpinia. ..."
12. The Medical and Physical Journal (1814)
"the genus alpinia. Mr. Roscoe, however, is induced to agree with Dr. Maton, who,
in his observations ou Mr. White's paper on cardamoms, published in the ..."
13. Annals of Philosophy, Or, Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Mechanics by Thomas Thomson (1814)
"... and Dr. Roxburgh have referred amomum repent of Sonnerat (the plant producing
the lesser cardamoms of the shops) to the genus alpinia, ..."
14. Spices by Henry Nicholas Ridley (1912)
"GALANGAL There are two spice plants known as galangal, the lesser and the greater
galangal. Both are species of the genus Alpinia, viz. ..."
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