Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Ginseng"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ginseng \Gin"seng\, n. [Chinese.] (Bot.)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ginseng
n 1: aromatic root of ginseng plants
2: Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small
greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to
have medicinal powers [syn: {nin-sin}, {Panax ginseng}, {Panax
schinseng}, {Panax pseudoginseng}]
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