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NIN-SIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have medicinal powers
Synonyms:
ginseng; nin-sin; Panax ginseng; Panax pseudoginseng; Panax schinseng
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("nin-sin" 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 "nin-sin"):
ginseng (aromatic root of ginseng plants)
Holonyms ("nin-sin" is a member of...):
genus Panax; Panax (perennial herbs of eastern North America and Asia having aromatic tuberous roots: ginseng)
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