genus alpinia

1. 1.

   perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes

   SynonymsAlpiniagenus Zerumbetgenus Languas

   Broaderplant genus

   Part ofZingiberaceae

Questions about genus alpinia

What does genus alpinia mean?

genus alpinia means "perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes".

What is another word for genus alpinia?

Close synonyms include Alpinia, genus Zerumbet, genus Languas. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus alpinia a common word?

genus alpinia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.