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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ginseng \Gin"seng\, n. [Chinese.] (Bot.) 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ginseng n 1: aromatic root of ginseng plants 2: Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have medicinal powers [syn: {nin-sin}, {Panax ginseng}, {Panax schinseng}, {Panax pseudoginseng}]
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