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noun
An East Asian plant related to ginger, Alpinia zerumbet, grown for its showy flowers, which are shell-pink on the outside and intensely orange and red on the inside.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: shellflower, shall-flower, Alpinia Zerumbet, Alpinia speciosa, Languas speciosa
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ginger
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