Definitions for galingale

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galingale gal·in·gale

Spelling: [gal-in-geyl, -ing-]

IPA: /ˈgæl ɪnˌgeɪl, -ɪŋ-/

Galingale is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 231 anagrams from letters in galingale (aaeggilln).

Definitions for galingale

noun

1. any sedge of the genus Cyperus, especially an Old World species, C. longus, having aromatic roots.

Origin of galingale

1275-1325; Middle English Middle French galingal, garingal Arabic khalanjān Persian khūlanjān

Examples for galingale

Here be oak trees, and here the galingale, and sweetly here hum the bees about the hives.

There are oak trees—here only galingale blows, here sweetly hum the bees about the hives!