different between cyperus vs galingale

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

cyperus (plural cyperuses)

1. Any sedge of genus Cyperus.

Usage notes

Found especially in the common names of specific species, such as Monterey cyperus and Hansen's cyperus.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (kúpeiros).

Noun

cyp?rus f (genitive cyp?r?); second declension

1. galingale

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

• Translingual: Cyperus
• Italian: cipero

English

Etymology

From Middle English galingale, from Old French galingal, from Arabic ??????????? (?alanj?n), from Persian ???????? (qulinjân, qulanjân), from Sanskrit ??????? (kulañjana), perhaps from Chinese ??????? (g?oliángji?ng), from ?? (a prefecture or county in China) + ? (“ginger”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æl???e?l/

Noun

galingale (countable and uncountable, plural galingales)

1. Alternative spelling of galangal
   • 1980, The Times, 10 Jan 1980, p.12 col. A

     An early English version [of marmelade] was called charedequynce, of which one version included wine, honey, ginger, galingale, cinnamon and wardens as well as quinces.

2. One of several species of Cyperus sedges with aromatic rhizomes.

Middle English

Noun

galingale

1. Alternative form of galyngale