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Word entry · 7 letters

ginseng

Best crossword clue

"Herbal root"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈd͡ʒɪnsɛŋ/Part of speech nounSorted egginnsStarts with GEnds with G1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

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

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • 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.

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