PANAX PSEUDOGINSENG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Panax pseudoginseng mean? 

• PANAX PSEUDOGINSENG (noun)
  The noun PANAX PSEUDOGINSENG has 1 sense:

1. Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have medicinal powers

  Familiarity information: PANAX PSEUDOGINSENG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PANAX PSEUDOGINSENG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have medicinal powers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

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

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

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Meronyms (parts of "Panax pseudoginseng"):

ginseng (aromatic root of ginseng plants)

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

genus Panax; Panax (perennial herbs of eastern North America and Asia having aromatic tuberous roots: ginseng)

 Context examples 

PC-SPES, an herbal supplement containing extracts from 8 herbs including Chrysanthemum morifolium, Ganoderma lucidum (a root fungus), Glycyrrhiza glabra (Spanish liquorice), Isatis indigotica, Panax pseudoginseng, Rabdosia rubescens, Scutellaria baicalensis, and Serona repens (saw palmetto), with potential antineoplastic and antiproliferative effects, specifically in prostate cancer cells.

(PC-SPES, NCI Thesaurus)