ginseng
Noun
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Aromatic root of ginseng plants (synset 111820705)
is a type of: root - (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the groundis a part of:
- 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
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Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have medicinal powers (synset 111820201)
is a type of: herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pestsbelongs to: genus panax, panax - perennial herbs of eastern North America and Asia having aromatic tuberous roots: ginsenghas: ginseng - aromatic root of ginseng plants
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