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| gin·seng [ jín sèng ] (plural gin·sengs or gin·seng) |
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1. tonic medicine: a forked aromatic root used in traditional Chinese medicine and more widely as a tonic
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2. medicinal plant: the plant that produces the ginseng root. Native to: South Asia, North America. Genus Panax.
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| [Mid-17th century. < Chinese rénshēn< rén "man" + shēn, type of herb] |
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