ginseng

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[edit] Etymology

From Mandarin rén shēn (simplified: 人参; traditional: 人參).

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  • IPA: /ˈdʒɪnsɛŋ/
  • also IPA: /ˈdʒɪnsɪŋ/

[edit] Noun

Singular
ginseng

Plural
ginsengs

ginseng (plural ginsengs)

  1. Any of several plants, of the genus Panax, having forked roots supposed to have medicinal properties.
  2. The root of such a plant, or an extract of these roots.
    • 1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah, Dover 1964, p. 56-7:
      When the Afghan princes find it necessary to employ Chob-Chini, (the Jin-seng, or China root so celebrated as a purifier, tonic, and aphrodisiac) they choose the spring season

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any of several plants, of the genus Panax
root of such a plant, or the extract
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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From Mandarin.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ʒin.sɑ̃ɡ/, SAMPA: /Zin.sA~g/

[edit] Noun

ginseng m.

  1. ginseng (plant)
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