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Noun

1. 1
   An East Asian plant related to ginger, Alpinia zerumbet, grown for its showy flowers, which are shell-pink on the outside and intensely orange and red on the inside. uncountable, usually
2. 2
   cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes wordnet

Synonyms

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alpinia speciosaalpinia zerumbetlanguas speciosashall-flowershellflower