Ginseng

['dʒɪnseŋ] or ['dʒɪnsɛŋ]

Definition

(noun.) Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have medicinal powers.

(noun.) aromatic root of ginseng plants.

Typist: Remington--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A plant of the genus Aralia, the root of which is highly valued as a medicine among the Chinese. The Chinese plant (Aralia Schinseng) has become so rare that the American (A. quinquefolia) has largely taken its place, and its root is now an article of export from America to China. The root, when dry, is of a yellowish white color, with a sweetness in the taste somewhat resembling that of licorice, combined with a slight aromatic bitterness.

Edited by Ethelred

Definition

n. a plant of genus Aralia and its root a Chinese panacea for exhaustion of body or mind.

Edited by Daniel