shell ginger

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Noun

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shell ginger - cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripesAlpinia speciosa, Alpinia Zerumbet, Languas speciosa, shall-flower, shellflowerginger - perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stemsAlpinia, genus Alpinia, genus Languas, genus Zerumbet - perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes