GALANGA

{ Ga‐lan″ga (?), Ga‐lan″gal (?) }, n. [[OE. galingale, OF. galingal, garingal, F. galanga (cf. Sp. galanga), prob. fr. Ar. khalanj�n. ]] The pungent aromatic rhizome or tuber of certain East Indian or Chinese species of Alpinia (A. Galanga and A. officinarum) and of the Kæmpferia Galanga), — all of the Ginger family.