HyperDic: alpinia_zerumbet

English > 1 sense of the expression Alpinia Zerumbet:
NOUNplantAlpinia Zerumbet, shellflower, shall-flower, shell ginger, Alpinia speciosa, Languas speciosacultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes
English > Alpinia Zerumbet: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningcultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes.
Synonymsshellflower, shall-flower, shell ginger, Alpinia speciosa, Languas speciosa
Member ofAlpinia, genus Alpinia, genus Zerumbet, genus Languasperennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes
Broadergingerperennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems
SpanishAlpinia speciosa, Languas speciosa

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