| NOUN | plant | Panax ginseng, ginseng, nin-sin, Panax schinseng, Panax pseudoginseng | Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have medicinal powers |
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| Meaning | Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have medicinal powers. | |
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| Synonyms | ginseng, nin-sin, Panax schinseng, Panax pseudoginseng | |
| Member of | Panax, genus Panax | perennial herbs of eastern North America and Asia having aromatic tuberous roots |
| Parts | ginseng | aromatic root of ginseng plants |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |