(from the article `Cyperaceae`) The six largest genera within the Cyperaceae account for about 3,500 species, nearly three-quarters of the total species: Carex (sedges; see ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/g/4
Gal'in·gale noun [ See Galangal .] (Botany) A plant of the Sedge family ( Cyperus longus ) having aromatic roots; also, any plant of the same genus. Chaucer. « Meadow, set with slender galingale .» Tennyson. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/4
The galingale or galangal (Cyperus longus) is a European cyperaceous plant with rough-edged leaves, reddish spikelets of flowers, and aromatic roots. Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/BG.HTM