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    GENUS PANAX

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Perennial herbs of eastern North America and Asia having aromatic tuberous roots: ginsengplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Panax; Panax

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Panax" is a kind of...):

    rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Panax"):

    ginseng; nin-sin; Panax ginseng; Panax pseudoginseng; Panax schinseng (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)

    Holonyms ("genus Panax" is a member of...):

    Araliaceae; family Araliaceae; ivy family (mostly tropical trees and shrubs and lianas: genera Panax and Hedera)

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