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GENUS ZERUMBET
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes
Synonyms:
Alpinia; genus Alpinia; genus Languas; genus Zerumbet
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Zerumbet" is a kind of...):
plant genus (a genus of plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Zerumbet"):
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 ("genus Zerumbet" is a member of...):
family Zingiberaceae; ginger family; Zingiberaceae (a family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order Musales)
