Noun: Panax ginseng
- Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have medicinal powers
"Panax ginseng is valued in traditional Chinese medicine";
- ginseng, nin-sin, Panax schinseng, Panax pseudoginseng
Type of: herb, herbaceous plant
Part of: genus Panax, Panax
Encyclopedia: Panax ginseng