| NOUN | plant | Panax, genus Panax | perennial herbs of eastern North America and Asia having aromatic tuberous roots |
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| Meaning | perennial herbs of eastern North America and Asia having aromatic tuberous roots: ginseng. | |
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| Synonym | genus Panax | |
| Member of | Araliaceae, family Araliaceae, ivy family | Mostly tropical trees and shrubs and lianas |
| Members | American ginseng, sang, Panax quinquefolius | North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng |
| ginseng, nin-sin, Panax ginseng, Panax schinseng, Panax pseudoginseng | Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have medicinal powers | |
| Broader | rosid dicot genus | A genus of dicotyledonous plants |