'Galingale' definitions:
Definition of 'galingale'
From: WordNet
noun
European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots [syn: galingale, galangal, Cyperus longus]
Definition of 'Galingale'
From: GCIDE
- Galingale \Gal"in*gale\, n. [See Galangal.] (Bot.) A plant of the Sedge family (Cyperus longus) having aromatic roots; also, any plant of the same genus. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Meadow, set with slender galingale. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]