panax (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Panax*:
NOUN	plant	Panax, genus Panax	perennial herbs of eastern North America and Asia having aromatic tuberous roots

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

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