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Definition of Panax ginseng
1. Noun. Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have medicinal powers.
Group relationships: Genus Panax, Panax
Terms within: Ginseng
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Panax Ginseng
Literary usage of Panax ginseng
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1890)
"That of China and Upper India is the produce of another species, Aralia (Panax)
Ginseng. In China and Japan the roots of ginseng, wild and cultivated, ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"The roots of ginseng (Panax ginseng and Panax ... (English Ivy); and Panax (Ginseng).
170. Umbelliferae (from the predominating type of flower cluster). ..."
3. Alternative Medicine: Expanding Medical Horizons by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"For example, a 1992 article in the Journal of Ethnopharmacology reported that
during the preceding 10 years more than 300 original papers on Panax ginseng ..."
4. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"In 1843 the Chinese plant was separated by CA Meyer as Panax ginseng. Later,
these plants were transferred to the genus Aralia as A. ..."
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