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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ginseng /ˈdʒɪnsɛŋ/

▶noun

1 a plant tuber credited with various tonic and medicinal properties.

2 the plant from which ginseng is obtained, native to east Asia and North America. [Genus Panax: several species.]

– origin C17: from Chin. rénshēn, from rén ‘man’ + shēn, a kind of herb (because of the supposed resemblance of the forked root to a person).

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