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/ɡəˈlæŋɡəl/ · noun
Any of several east Asian plants of genera Alpinia and Kaempferia in the ginger family, used as a spice, but principally Alpinia galanga..
The refreshing aroma of galangal acts in combination with and as a contrast to lemongrass in many recipes in this book.
Another time, she dined in Hampstead, where she was fed a version of stargazy pie with a whole squid where the eel should have been. It was flavoured, for the full medieval effect, with galangal, which her hostess described as “kind of like frankincense”.
Use galangal when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Galangal means Any of several east Asian plants of genera Alpinia and Kaempferia in the ginger family, used as a spice, but principally Alpinia galanga..
Common synonyms include galingale, cyperus longus, alpinia galanga.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The refreshing aroma of galangal acts in combination with and as a contrast to lemongrass in many recipes in this book.
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