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Noun: Panax ginseng
  1. Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have medicinal powers
    - ginseng, nin-sin, Panax schinseng, Panax pseudoginseng

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant

Part of: genus Panax, Panax

Encyclopedia: Panax ginseng