ginseng
See also: Ginseng
Translingual
Derived terms
- Panax ginseng (syn. Aralia ginseng)
English
(American) ginseng
ginseng roots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɪnsɛŋ/, /ˈd͡ʒɪnsɪŋ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪnsɛŋ
Noun
ginseng (countable and uncountable, plural ginsengs)
- Any plant of two species of the genus Panax (Panax ginseng and Panax quinquefolius), having forked roots supposed to have medicinal and aphrodisiac 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, published 1964, pages 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, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 16 May 2013, 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.
Derived terms
- Alaskan ginseng
- American ginseng
- Asian ginseng
- Asiatic ginseng
- Brazilian ginseng
- Chinese ginseng
- dwarf ginseng
- eastern ginseng
- female ginseng
- five-leaf ginseng
- ginsenoside
- Himalayan ginseng
- Indian ginseng
- Korean ginseng
- notoginseng
- Oriental ginseng
- Peruvian 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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Translations to be checked
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Further reading
ginseng on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Panax on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Panax on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡinseŋː/, [ˈɡins̠e̞ŋː]
- Rhymes: -inseŋː
- Syllabification(key): gin‧seng
Declension
| Inflection of ginseng (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | ginseng | ginsengit | ||
| genitive | ginsengin | ginsengien | ||
| partitive | ginsengiä | ginsengejä | ||
| illative | ginsengiin | ginsengeihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | ginseng | ginsengit | ||
| accusative | nom. | ginseng | ginsengit | |
| gen. | ginsengin | |||
| genitive | ginsengin | ginsengien | ||
| partitive | ginsengiä | ginsengejä | ||
| inessive | ginsengissä | ginsengeissä | ||
| elative | ginsengistä | ginsengeistä | ||
| illative | ginsengiin | ginsengeihin | ||
| adessive | ginsengillä | ginsengeillä | ||
| ablative | ginsengiltä | ginsengeiltä | ||
| allative | ginsengille | ginsengeille | ||
| essive | ginsenginä | ginsengeinä | ||
| translative | ginsengiksi | ginsengeiksi | ||
| abessive | ginsengittä | ginsengeittä | ||
| instructive | — | ginsengein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒin.sɛŋ/, /ʒin.sɑ̃ɡ/, /ʒɛ̃.sɑ̃/
Audio (file)
Further reading
- “ginseng”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
Romanian
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