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Panax
(gcide) | Panax \Panax\ n.
A genus of perennial herbs of eastern North America and Asia
having aromatic tuberous roots: ginseng.
Syn: genus Panax.
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panax
(wn) | Panax
n 1: perennial herbs of eastern North America and Asia having
aromatic tuberous roots: ginseng [syn: Panax, {genus
Panax}] |
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opopanax
(encz) | opopanax, n: |
Opopanax
(gcide) | Opopanax \O*pop"a*nax\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?; ? vegetable juice +
pa`nax, pa`nakes, a kind of plant: cf. F. opopanax.]
The inspissated juice of an umbelliferous plant (the
Opoponax Chironum), brought from Turkey and the East Indies
in loose granules, or sometimes in larger masses, of a
reddish yellow color, with specks of white. It has a strong
smell and acrid taste, and was formerly used in medicine as
an emmenagogue and antispasmodic. --Dunglison.
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genus panax
(wn) | genus Panax
n 1: perennial herbs of eastern North America and Asia having
aromatic tuberous roots: ginseng [syn: Panax, {genus
Panax}] |
opopanax
(wn) | opopanax
n 1: an odorous gum resin formerly used in medicines |
panax
(wn) | Panax
n 1: perennial herbs of eastern North America and Asia having
aromatic tuberous roots: ginseng [syn: Panax, {genus
Panax}] |
panax ginseng
(wn) | Panax ginseng
n 1: Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small
greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have
medicinal powers [syn: ginseng, nin-sin, {Panax
ginseng}, Panax schinseng, Panax pseudoginseng] |
panax pseudoginseng
(wn) | Panax pseudoginseng
n 1: Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small
greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have
medicinal powers [syn: ginseng, nin-sin, {Panax
ginseng}, Panax schinseng, Panax pseudoginseng] |
panax quinquefolius
(wn) | Panax quinquefolius
n 1: North American woodland herb similar to and used as
substitute for the Chinese ginseng [syn: {American
ginseng}, sang, Panax quinquefolius] |
panax schinseng
(wn) | Panax schinseng
n 1: Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small
greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have
medicinal powers [syn: ginseng, nin-sin, {Panax
ginseng}, Panax schinseng, Panax pseudoginseng] |
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