Found 2 items, similar to Ginseng.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: ginseng
ginseng
n 1: aromatic root of ginseng plants
2: Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small
greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to
have medicinal powers [syn:
nin-sin,
Panax ginseng,
Panax schinseng
,
Panax pseudoginseng]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Ginseng
Ginseng
\Gin"seng\, n. [Chinese.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus
Aralia, the root of which is highly
valued as a medicine among the Chinese. The Chinese plant
(
Aralia Schinseng) has become so rare that the American
(
A. quinquefolia) has largely taken its place, and its root
is now an article of export from America to China. The root,
when dry, is of a yellowish white color, with a sweetness in
the taste somewhat resembling that of licorice, combined with
a slight aromatic bitterness.
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