"red ginger" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: red gingers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} red ginger (usually uncountable, plural red gingers)
  1. A Malaysian plant related to ginger, Alpinia purpurata, grown for its showy red flower spikes. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Ginger family plants Translations (plant related to ginger, Alpinia purpurata): teuila (Samoan), ʻōpuhi (Tahitian), tevunga (Tongan)

Inflected forms

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