ginseng

ginseng

1. ginseng; used as a specific epithet

• Panax ginseng (syn. Aralia ginseng)

• genseng, gingseng, ginsing, jinseng, jin-seng (obsolete)

Borrowed from Hokkien 人參 / 人参 (jîn-sim, “ginseng”). Doublet of ninzin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɪnsɛŋ/, /ˈd͡ʒɪnsɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪnsɛŋ

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.
   • 1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah, Dover, published 1964, pages 56–7:

     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.

   • 2013 March, David S. Senchina, “Athletics and Herbal Supplements”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 16 May 2013, page 134:

     Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.

• ginseng on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Panax on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Panax on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

• Gensing

Learned borrowing from English ginseng.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡinseŋ/, [ˈɡins̠e̞ŋ]
• Rhymes: -inseŋ
• Syllabification^(key): gin‧seng
• Hyphenation^(key): gin‧seng

ginseng

1. ginseng (plant)

   Synonym: ginsengjuuri

From Hokkien 人參 / 人参.

• IPA^(key): /ʒin.sɛŋ/; /ʒin.sɑ̃ɡ/; /ʒɛ̃.sɑ̃/

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ginseng m (usually uncountable, plural ginsengs)

1. ginseng (plant)

• “ginseng”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Ultimately from Hokkien 人參 / 人参 (jîn-sim, “ginseng”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡin.seŋ/, [ˈɡin.sɛŋ]

ginséng (plural ginseng-ginseng)

1. ginseng (Panax ginseng)

   Synonyms: koliseng, kolesom

• “ginseng” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

ginseng m (usually uncountable, plural ginsengs)

1. ginseng (any of several plants of the genus Panax)
2. ginseng (root or extract of the ginseng plant)

Borrowed from French ginseng.

ginseng m (uncountable)

1. ginseng

• Rhymes: -insen
• Syllabification: gin‧seng

ginseng m (plural ginsengs)

1. ginseng

• “ginseng”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024