ginseng
See also: Ginseng
Translingual
Noun
ginseng
- ginseng; used as a specific epithet
Derived terms
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English
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Panax_quinquefolius.jpg/220px-Panax_quinquefolius.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Ginseng_in_Korea.jpg/220px-Ginseng_in_Korea.jpg)
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Min Nan 人參/人参 (jîn-sim).
Pronunciation
Noun
ginseng (countable and uncountable, plural ginsengs)
- Any plant of two species of the genus Panax (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. and Panax quinquefolius), having forked roots supposed to have medicinal properties.
- 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, page 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.
- 2013 March, David S. Senchina, “Athletics and Herbal Supplements”, in American Scientist[1], volume 101, number 2, page 134:
- Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.
- 1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah, Dover 1964, page 56-7:
Derived terms
- Alaskan ginseng
- American ginseng
- Asian ginseng
- Asiatic ginseng
- Brazilian ginseng
- Chinese ginseng
- dwarf ginseng
- eastern ginseng
- female ginseng
- ginsenoside
- Himalayan ginseng
- Indian ginseng
- Korean ginseng
- notoginseng
- Oriental ginseng
- poor man's ginseng
- prince ginseng
- red ginseng
- Siberian ginseng
- southern ginseng
- tienchi ginseng
- Vietnamese ginseng
- western ginseng
Translations
any of several plants, of the genus Panax
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root of such a plant, or the extract
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Further reading
ginseng on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Panax on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Panax on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mandarin.
Pronunciation
Noun
ginseng m (usually uncountable, plural ginsengs)
- ginseng (plant)
Further reading
- “ginseng”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
Noun
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- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- en:Apiales order plants
- French terms derived from Mandarin
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