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n. - Perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes.

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  • By dint of googling (only 9 hits for the word as printed) and my amazing linguistic truffle-hunting skills (I combined the "Malay" in the quoted passage with what appeared to...
  • "Su'úd," an Alpinia with pungent rhizome like ginger; here used as a counter-odour.
  • Alpinia will assist you in planning and realizing gardens from modern to rocky and all that is in between.
  • True cardamon is Elettaria cardamomum; if you want to grow it don't confuse it with the ornamental cardamon-leaf ginger, Alpinia calcarata, which is often sold as...
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