Galingale

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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           Meadow, set with slender galingale.      --Tennyson.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  galingale
       n : European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of
           reddish flowers and aromatic roots [syn: {galangal}, {Cyperus
           longus}]