galangal
/ˈgæləŋgəl/(亦作galingale)
noun
mass noun
1- an Asian plant of the ginger family, the aromatic rhizome of which is widely used in cookery and herbal medicine良姜。
1.1
- Genera Alpinia and Kaempferia, family Zingiberaceae.山姜属和山柰属, 姜科。
词源
Middle English galingale, via Old French from Arabic ḵalanjān, perhaps from Chinese gāoliángjiāng, from gāoliáng （the name of a district in Guangdong Province, China） + jiāng 'ginger'.