{ , n.[ OE. galingale, OF. galingal, garingal, F. galanga (cf. Sp. galanga), prob. fr. Ar. khalanjān. ] The pungent aromatic rhizome or tuber of certain East Indian or Chinese species of Alpinia (Alpinia Galanga and Alpinia officinarum) and of the Kæmpferia Galanga), -- all of the Ginger family. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ゆきのはな, yukinohana](n) (1) (See スノードロップ) snowdrop (Galanthus spp.); (2) snow falling like flower petals; snow on a tree resembling a flower; (3) (See 赤雪) red snow[Add to Longdo]