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gingseng

gingseng is the obsolete spelling of ginseng.

Meaning of ginseng

Noun

ginseng (countable and uncountable, plural ginsengs)

  1. Any plant of two species of the genus Panax (Panax ginseng and Panax quinquefolius), having forked roots supposed to have medicinal and aphrodisiac properties.
  2. The root of such a plant, or an extract of these roots.
    • When the Afghan princes find it necessary to employ Chob-Chini, (the Jin-seng, or China root so celebrated as a purifier, tonic, and aphrodisiac) they choose the spring season.1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah, Dover, published 1964, pages 56–7

Forms of gingseng

pluralgingsengs

Questions about gingseng

What is gingseng the obsolete spelling of?
Gingseng is the obsolete spelling of ginseng.

Words near gingseng in the dictionary

  1. Gingras
  2. Gingrich
  3. Gingriches
  4. Gingrichian
  5. gings
  6. gingseng
  7. gingumbob
  8. gingumbobs
  9. ginhouse
  10. ginhouses
  11. Gini

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