Galanga \Ga*lan"ga\, Galangal \Ga*lan"gal\, n.[OE. galingale, OF. galingal, garingal, F. galanga (cf. Sp. galanga), prob. fr. Ar. khalanj?n. ] The pungent aromatic rhizome or tuber of certain East Indian or Chinese species of {Alpinia} ({A. Galanga} and {A. officinarum}) and of the {K[ae]mpferia Galanga}), -- all of the Ginger family.