First Known Use: 1578
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galingale
noun gal·in·gale \ˈga-lən-ˌgāl, -liŋ-\
Definition of GALINGALE
1
: an Old World sedge (Cyperus longus); broadly : any of various other sedges of the same genus
2
: galangal
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Origin of GALINGALE
Middle English, from Anglo-French, galangal
Rhymes with GALINGALE
abigail, altar rail, armored scale, audit trail, aventail, beavertail, bristletail, button quail, clapper rail, coffin nail, Corriedale, cottontail, countervail, Coverdale, direct mail, disentail, draggle-tail, fairy tale, farthingale, fingernail, forestaysail, gaff-topsail, garage sale, ginger ale, Holy Grail, humpback whale, Irish mail, killer whale, macroscale, martingale, microscale, monorail, montadale, nanoscale, nightingale, Nightingale, old wives' tale, overscale, paper trail, pilot whale, ponytail, purple scale, romeldale, rummage sale, sliding scale, solar sail, studding sail, Sunnyvale, swallowtail, tattletale, tooth and nail, tripletail, trundle-tail, vapor trail, yellowtail
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