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Ginseng

noun

Aromatic root of ginseng plants.

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

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American ginseng

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"Ginseng" Quotes from Famous Books

... hearing a boy talking when I was down in the market yesterday morning. You know who he is, Johnny Spreen, the fellow who always ships out a raft of dried ginseng roots every year, and in the Spring sends a bunch of ...

— Afloat - or, Adventures on Watery Trails • Alan Douglas

... their individual or associated enterprise. At the time of the conquest, and in fact for many years previously, the principal products of the country were beaver skins, timber, agricultural products, fish, fish oil, ginseng (for some years only), beer, cider, rug carpets, homespun cloths—made chiefly by the inmates of the religious houses—soap, potash, leather, stoves, tools and other iron manufactures—made in the St. Maurice forges—never a profitable ...

— Canada under British Rule 1760-1900 • John G. Bourinot

Words linked to "Ginseng" : American ginseng, sang, herbaceous plant, Panax, Panax quinquefolius, genus Panax, herb, root, nin-sin