Alpinia
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Alpini + -ia, named for Prospero Alpini, a 17th-century Italian botanist.
Proper noun[edit]
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[edit]
- (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