Definition of ginseng Ginseng

/ʤɪˈnsɛˌŋ/ - [jinseng] - gin•seng

We found 8 definitions of ginseng from 6 different sources.

What does ginseng mean?

Noun Plural: ginsengs
ginseng - Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have medicinal powers
		nin-sin, Panax ginseng, Panax schinseng, Panax pseudoginseng
		herbaceous plant, herb aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities
		genus panax, panax perennial herbs of eastern North America and Asia having aromatic tuberous roots: ginseng
ginseng - aromatic root of ginseng plants
		root the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support
		nin-sin, panax ginseng, panax pseudoginseng, panax schinseng, ginseng Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have medicinal powers

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ginseng (Noun)
Any of several plants, of the genus Panax, having forked roots supposed to have medicinal properties.
ginseng (Noun)
The root of such a plant, or an extract of these roots.

ginseng (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.

ginseng
jin′seng, n. a plant of genus Aralia, and its root, a Chinese panacea for exhaustion of body or mind. [Chin. jin-tsan.]

ginseng
A Chinese root, formerly highly prized for its restorative virtues, and greatly valued among the items of a cargo. It is now almost out of the Materia Medica.

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ginseng in sign language