Galanga \Ga*lan"ga\, Galangal \Ga*lan"gal\, n.[OE. galingale, OF. galingal, garingal, F. galanga (cf. Sp. galanga), prob. fr. Ar. khalanj[=a]n. ] The pungent aromatic rhizome or tuber of certain East Indian or Chinese species of {Alpinia} ({Alpinia Galanga} and {Alpinia officinarum}) and of the {K[ae]mpferia Galanga}), -- all of the Ginger family. [1913 Webster]
Wanhorn \Wan"horn`\, n. [Corruption fr. Siamese wanhom.] (Bot.) An East Indian plant ({Kaempferia Galanga}) of the Ginger family. See {Galanga}. [1913 Webster]