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Galingale

noun
1.
European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots.  Synonyms: Cyperus longus, galangal.






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"Galingale" Quotes from Famous Books



... "tell us the reason of thy refusal to eat of the ragout!" "If I must eat of it," replied he, "I will not do so, except I may wash my hands forty times with soap, forty times with potash and forty times with galingale, in all a hundred and twenty times." So the master of the house ordered his servants to bring water and all that he required; and the young man washed his hands as he had said. Then he sat down, as if afraid, and dipping his hand into the ragout, began to eat, though with ...
— The Book Of The Thousand Nights And One Night, Volume I • Anonymous



Words linked to "Galingale" :   Cyperus longus, Cyperus, sedge, genus Cyperus, galangal



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