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   ga·lan·gal

   /ɡəˈlaNGɡəl/

   noun

   • 1. an Asian plant of the ginger family, the aromatic rhizome of which is widely used in cooking and herbal medicine.

   Word Origin Middle Englishgalingale, via Old French from Arabic ḵalanjān, perhaps from Chinese gāoliángjiāng, from gāoliáng (the name of a district in Guangdong Province, China) + jiāng ‘ginger’.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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