ALPINIA

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Alpinia mean? 

• ALPINIA (noun)
  The noun ALPINIA has 1 sense:

1. perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes

  Familiarity information: ALPINIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALPINIA (noun)

Meaning:

Perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Alpinia; genus Alpinia; genus Languas; genus Zerumbet

Hypernyms ("Alpinia" is a kind of...):

plant genus (a genus of plants)

Meronyms (members of "Alpinia"):

Alpinia galanga; galangal (southeastern Asian perennial with aromatic roots)

Alpinia officinalis; Alpinia officinarum; lesser galangal (Chinese perennial with pyramidal racemes of white flowers and pungent aromatic roots used medicinally and as flavoring)

Alpinia purpurata; red ginger (an ornamental ginger native to Pacific islands)

Alpinia speciosa; Alpinia Zerumbet; Languas speciosa; shall-flower; shell ginger; shellflower (cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes)

Holonyms ("Alpinia" is a member of...):

family Zingiberaceae; ginger family; Zingiberaceae (a family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order Musales)