Alpinia

See also: alpinia and alpinią

Translingual

Etymology

Alpini + -ia, named for Prospero Alpini, a 17th-century Italian botanist.

Proper noun

Alpinia f

A taxonomic genus within the family Zingiberaceae – shell gingers, a polyphyletic grouping of numerous species in the ginger family, grown as ornamentals.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids - clades; Zingiberales - order; Zingiberaceae - family; Alpinioideae - subfamily; Alpineae - tribe

Translations

genus

Polish: alpinia f
Russian: Альпи́ния f (Alʹpínija)
Vietnamese: riềng (vi)

See also

Alpīnus

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