ginseng

ginseng

ginseng (plural ginsengs)

1. Any of several plants, of the genus Panax, having forked roots supposed to have medicinal properties.
2. The root of such a plant, or an extract of these roots.
   • 1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah, Dover 1964, p. 56-7:

     When the Afghan princes find it necessary to employ Chob-Chini, (the Jin-seng, or China root so celebrated as a purifier, tonic, and aphrodisiac) they choose the spring season

ginseng

1. (New Latin) ginseng (attributive)

ginseng

panax

Altri significati:

Any of several plants, of the genus Panax, having forked roots supposed to have medicinal properties.

The root of such a plant, or an extract of these roots.

any of several plants, of the genus '''Panax'''

root of such a plant, or the extract

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