ALPINIA PURPURATA

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Alpinia purpurata mean? 

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

1. an ornamental ginger native to Pacific islands

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALPINIA PURPURATA (noun)

Meaning:

An ornamental ginger native to Pacific islands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Alpinia purpurata; red ginger

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

ginger (perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems)

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

Alpinia; genus Alpinia; genus Languas; genus Zerumbet (perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes)