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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

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(Bot.)

A plant of the Sedge family (

Cyperus longus

) having aromatic roots; also, any plant of the same genus.

Chaucer.

Meadow, set with slender

galingale

Tennyson.

galingale ‎(plural galingales)

Alternative spelling of galangal
- 1980, The Times, 10 Jan 1980, p.12 col. A
  An early English version [of marmelade] was called charedequynce, of which one version included wine, honey, ginger, galingale, cinnamon and wardens as well as quinces.
One of several species of Cyperus sedges with aromatic rhizomes.