genus panax
Noun
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Perennial herbs of eastern North America and Asia having aromatic tuberous roots: ginseng (synset 111819989)
is a type of: rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plantsmember holonym:
- ginseng, nin-sin, panax ginseng, panax pseudoginseng, panax schinseng - Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have medicinal powers
- american ginseng, panax quinquefolius, sang - North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng
belongs to: araliaceae, family araliaceae, ivy family - mostly tropical trees and shrubs and lianas: genera Panax and Hederasame as: panax
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