family Zingiberaceae

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family Zingiberaceae - a family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order Musalesginger family, Zingiberaceaeliliopsid family, monocot family - family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seedMusales, order Musales - tropical plantsgenus Zingiber, Zingiber - tropical Asiatic and Polynesian perennial plants: gingerCurcuma, genus Curcuma - tropical Asiatic perennial herbsAlpinia, genus Alpinia, genus Languas, genus Zerumbet - perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomesAframomum, genus Aframomum - an African genus of plants of the family ZingiberaceaeElettaria, genus Elettaria - cardamom