Alpinia
Translingual
Etymology
Alpini + -ia, named for Prospero Alpini, a 17th-century Italian botanist.
Proper noun
Alpinia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Zingiberaceae – 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
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