galingale noun. ['galɪŋgeɪl] Also galangal ['gal(ǝ)ŋgal]. LOE.
[Old French galingal from Arab. álanjān (Persian ūlinjān, Sanskrit kulañjana) perh. from Chinese gāoliángjiāng, from gāoliáng a district in Guangdong Province, China + jiāng ginger. Cf. medieval Latin, medieval Greek, Italian galanga (French galangue), GALANGA.]
1. The aromatic rhizome of certain east Asian plants of the genera Alpinia and Kaempferia, of the ginger family, used as a spice. LOE.

2. A sedge, Cyperus longus, having an aromatic root. Also more fully English galingale, sweet galingale. L16.

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