Alpinia

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Alpinia \Alpinia\ n.
     1. 1 a genus of perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and
        Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes.
  
     Syn: genus {Alpinia}, genus {Zerumbet}, genus {Languas}.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Alpinia
       n : perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and
           Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes [syn: {genus
           Alpinia}, {genus Zerumbet}, {genus Languas}]