English > genus Panax: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | perennial herbs of eastern North America and Asia having aromatic tuberous roots: ginseng. |
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Synonym | Panax |
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Member of | Araliaceae, family Araliaceae, ivy family | Mostly tropical trees and shrubs and lianas |
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Members | American ginseng, sang, Panax quinquefolius | North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng |
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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 |
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Spanish | genus panax, panax |
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Catalan | genus panax, panax |
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