HyperDic: genus_panax

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Panax:
NOUNplantgenus Panax, Panaxperennial herbs of eastern North America and Asia having aromatic tuberous roots
English > genus Panax: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningperennial herbs of eastern North America and Asia having aromatic tuberous roots: ginseng.
SynonymPanax
Member ofAraliaceae, family Araliaceae, ivy familyMostly tropical trees and shrubs and lianas
MembersAmerican ginseng, sang, Panax quinquefoliusNorth American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng
ginseng, nin-sin, Panax ginseng, Panax schinseng, Panax pseudoginsengChinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have medicinal powers
Broaderrosid dicot genusA genus of dicotyledonous plants
Spanishgenus panax, panax
Catalangenus panax, panax

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