Panax

panax

(ˈpænæks)

n

any perennial herb of the genus Panax

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Panax - perennial herbs of eastern North America and Asia having aromatic tuberous roots: ginseng genus Panax rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants Araliaceae, family Araliaceae, ivy family - mostly tropical trees and shrubs and lianas: genera Panax and Hedera nin-sin, Panax ginseng, Panax pseudoginseng, Panax schinseng, ginseng - Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have medicinal powers American ginseng, Panax quinquefolius, sang - North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng

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