Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Galingale \Gal"in*gale\, n. [See {Galangal}.] (Bot.)
   A plant of the Sedge family ({Cyperus longus}) having
   aromatic roots; also, any plant of the same genus. --Chaucer.

         Meadow, set with slender galingale.      --Tennyson.

Source : WordNet®

galingale
     n : European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of
         reddish flowers and aromatic roots [syn: {galangal}, {Cyperus
         longus}]