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ALPINIA PURPURATA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Alpinia purpurata mean?
• ALPINIA PURPURATA (noun)
The noun ALPINIA PURPURATA has 1 sense:
1. an ornamental ginger native to Pacific islands
Familiarity information: ALPINIA PURPURATA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An ornamental ginger native to Pacific islands
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Alpinia purpurata; red ginger
Hypernyms ("Alpinia purpurata" is a kind of...):
ginger (perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems)
Holonyms ("Alpinia purpurata" is a member of...):
Alpinia; genus Alpinia; genus Languas; genus Zerumbet (perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes)
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