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Alpinia
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Alpinia alpinia alpinią
Translingual
Etymology
Alpini + mul -ia, named for Prospero Alpini, a 17th-century Italian botanist.
Proper noun
f Alpinia L.f.
genus family Zingiberaceae shell gingers, ginger lilies, a polyphyletic grouping of numerous species in the ginger family, grown as ornamentals
Hypernyms
genus ; Alpinioideae subfamily subfamily; Alpineae tribe tribe
Hyponyms
genus Alpinia galanga species (blue ginger) type species; Alpinia officinarum species (lesser galangal) selected other species
Translations
genus
Polish: pl alpinia f
Russian: ru Альпи́ния f
Vietnamese: vi riềng
See also
Renealmia genus (syn. Alpinia genus L.)
References
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mul Ginger family plants