shell ginger

English

Shell Ginger

Noun

shell ginger (usually uncountable, plural shell gingers)

1. An East Asian plant related to ginger, Alpinia zerumbet, grown for its showy flowers, which are shell-pink on the outside and intensely orange and red on the inside.

Translations

Alpinia zerumbet

• Atayal: bsyaw
• Japanese: 月桃 (ja) (げっとう, gettō)
• Polish: alpinia f

References

• shell ginger on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Alpinia zerumbet on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Alpinia zerumbet on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons