Defn: The pungent aromatic rhizome or tuber of certain East Indian or
Chinese species of Alpinia (A. Galanga and A. officinarum) and of the
Kæmpferia Galanga), — all of the Ginger family.
GALANTINE
Gal"an*tine ( or ), n. Etym: [F. galantine.]
Defn: A dish of veal, chickens, or other white meat, freed from bones, tied up, boiled, and served cold. Smart.
GALAPEE TREE
Gal"a*pee` tree", (Bot.)
Defn: The West Indian Sciadophyllum Brownei, a tree with very large digitate leaves.
GALATEA Gal`a*te"a, n. [After Galatea, a British man-of-war, the material being used for children's sailor suits.]
Defn: A kind of striped cotton fabric, usually of superior quality and striped with blue or red on white.
GALATIAN
Ga*la"tian, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Galatia or its inhabitants. — A native or inhabitant of Galatia, in Asia Minor; a descendant of the Gauls who settled in Asia Minor.
GALAXY Gal"ax*y, n.; pl. Galaxies. Etym: [F. galaxie, L. galaxias, fr. Gr. lac. CF. Lacteal.]