panax

Noun

 * 1)  Any plant of the genus.

Etymology
From +. Used for ginseng by Linnaeus owing to its pervasive use in traditional Chinese medicine.

Noun

 * 1)  "allheal": various kinds of medicinal plants
 * 2)  ginseng

Usage notes

 * The species of the plant is not clear. The seems to have been used by different classical authors to refer to a few different plants: all-heal, ;, ; centaury, ; feverfew, ; elecampane, ; , , . Notably none of these are genus.

Descendants

 * Translingual: