Ginseng

Definitions: Ginseng

Ginseng

Noun

1. Aromatic root of ginseng plants.

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

Date "ginseng" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1732. (references)

Etymology: Ginseng \Gin"seng\, noun. [Chinese.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Ginseng

Domain	Definitions
Food & Agriculture	A Chinese herb (Panax schinseng) having 5-foliolate leaves and umbels of small greenish flowers succeeded by scarlet berries. Source: European Union. (references)
Health	An araliaceous genus of plants that contains a number of pharmacologically active agents used as stimulants, sedatives, and tonics, especially in traditional medicine. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Ginseng

Synonym: nin-sin (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Ginseng

English words defined with "ginseng": American ginseng, Araliaceae ♦ family Araliaceae ♦ genus Panax ♦ ivy family ♦ Panax, Panax ginseng, Panax quinquefolius ♦ rice paper ♦ sang ♦ Wild elder, Wild sarsaparilla. (references)

Specialty definitions using "ginseng": Asian Ginseng ♦ Korea Tobacco and Ginseng Corporation, Korean Tobacco and Ginseng ♦ Siberian ginseng. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Ginseng" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (ginseng), German (ginseng), Italian (ginseng), Portuguese (ginseng root), Serbo-Croatian (ginseng), Spanish (ginseng), Swedish (ginseng).

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Modern Usage: Ginseng

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Ginseng King (1989)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Ginseng

Domain	Title
References	Korea Tobacco & Ginseng Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) The World Market for Ginseng Roots: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Foxfire 3: Animal Care, Banjos and Dulcimers, Hide Tanning, Summer and Fall Wild Plant Foods, Butter Churns, Ginseng, and Still More Affairs of Plai (reference) Arctic Root (Rhodiola Rosea) : The Powerful New Ginseng Alternative (reference) Eleutherococcus Senticosus: Siberian Ginseng (reference) Herbs to Boost Immunity: Herbal Tonics to Keep You Healthy and Strong Including Echinacea, Siberian Ginseng, Astragalus, and More (Keats Good Herb gu (reference) Siberian Ginseng (Good Health Guide) (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	How To Find, Dig, Dry and Sell Wild American Ginseng and Goldenseal (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Ginseng (reference) Ginseng Woman [IMPORT] (reference) Ginseng Woman/Multiplication (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Ginseng

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Photo Album: Ginseng

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Critical moments. Steering a stock salesman against the man who invested in Belgian hares, ginseng ...Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Ginseng

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Some herbal preparations, notably comfrey and high-dose ginseng, have recognized harmful effects. (references)
		Preparations that have been claimed to have benefit to CFS patients include astralagus, borage seed oil, bromelain, comfrey, echinacea, garlic, Ginkgo biloba, ginseng, primrose oil, quercetin, St. John's wort, and Shiitake mushroom extract. (references)
Business		Its major brands include the ginseng supplement Red Kooga, the calcium product Calcia, and sleep and relaxation aids Natrasleep and Natracalm. (references)
		Those standard products can be manufactured with simple notification to KFDA. As non-vitamin ingredients, only ginseng and garlic are listed as standards. (references)
		Certain simple herbals -- such as ginger, garlic, and ginseng � may be sold as non-medicinal supplements as long as they do not claim to treat or prevent disease. (references)
Economic History	Korea	For the Korean Tobacco and Ginseng Corporation, foreigners can own up to 25% of the shares, and the individual limit is 7%. For Korea Heavy Industries, there is no equity limit for foreign ownership. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Ginseng

"Ginseng" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 91.67% of the time. "Ginseng" is used about 24 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	91.67%	22	74,468
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	4.17%	1	339,140
Lexical Verb (base form)	4.17%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	24	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Ginseng

Country	Name
South Korea	Korea Tobacco & Ginseng Corporation
	(more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Ginseng

Expressions using "ginseng": American Ginseng ♦ Asian Ginseng ♦ dwarf ginseng ♦ ginseng root ♦ Korea Tobacco and Ginseng Corporation ♦ Korean Tobacco and Ginseng ♦ panax ginseng ♦ Siberian ginseng. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "ginseng": ginseng-like.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Ginseng

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
ginseng	1,373	ginseng kirin	15
siberian ginseng	150	ginseng extract	15
panax ginseng	111	ginseng berry	14
ginseng american	103	asian ginseng	13
ginseng korean	99	grow ginseng	12
growing ginseng	43	effects ginseng root side triple	11
ginseng plant	43	buyer of ginseng	10
ginseng root	41	ginseng green tea	10
picture of ginseng	37	ginseng powder	9
ginseng seed	37	ginseng royal jelly	9
red korean ginseng	35	ginseng farming	9
wild ginseng	33	ginseng plus	9
ginseng tea	29	ginseng michigan	9
benefit of ginseng	27	ginseng information	8
ginseng herb	26	panax ginseng extract	8
ginseng side effects	21	picture of a ginseng root	8
ginseng red	21	photo of ginseng	8
ginseng wisconsin	18	ginseng root triple	8
ginseng sage	17	ginseng diabetes	8
effects of ginseng	16	ginseng use	8
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Modern Translations: Ginseng

Language		Translations for "ginseng"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		xhensen. (various references)

Arabic		‏جنكة نبات صيني. (various references)

Bulgarian		женшен. (various references)

Chinese		� , 人參 , 人参, 參 (attend, irregular, join, not uniform, participate, take part in, to counsel, to join, unequal, uneven, varied). (various references)

Czech		druh rostliny (calendula, dog's grass, elecampane, endive, epiphyte, fenugreek, foxbane, foxglove, foxtail, furze, gentian, germander, gillyflower, gloxinia, heliotrope, hellebore, hyssop, ipecacuanha, larkspur, lobelia, loganberry, loosestrife, sainfoin, salsify, saltwort, sea kale, shadberry, squill). (various references)

Danish		ginseng. (various references)

Dutch		ginseng. (various references)

Farsi		درخت جنسه یاجنسان . (various references)

French		ginseng. (various references)

German		ginseng. (various references)

Greek		πάναξ η γινσένη, πάναξ η πεντόφυλλος, φυτό κινέζικο "πάναξ σινσένγκ". (various references)

Hungarian		ginszeng. (various references)

Italian		guinseng, ginseng. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		人参 (carrot), 朝鮮人参 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		に�"じ�" (carrot), ちょうせ�"に�"じ�". (various references)

Pig Latin		insenggay

Portuguese		jinsém, cervejaria (alehouse, beerhouse, brewery, brewing house, pothouse, pub, public house). (various references)

Russian		женьшень. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		ginseng. (various references)

Spanish		ginsén. (various references)

Swedish		ginseng. (various references)

Thai		โสม, ต้นโสม. (various references)

Turkish		jinseng, çin şifalı bitkisi. (various references)

Ukranian		женьшень. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Ginseng

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Panax ginseng, Panax quinquefolium. (various references)
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Derivations & Misspellings: Ginseng

Derivations
	Words beginning with "ginseng": ginsengs. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Ginseng" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Genzen, Genzken, gesangk, Geseng, gesenge, gingeng, gingseng, ginnen, ginse, Ginsen, ginsing, Ginzberg, Gisanga, inseng. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Ginseng

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-g-g-i-n-n-s"
	-1 letter: ensign.
	-2 letters: nines, segni, sengi, singe.
	-3 letters: eggs, egis, engs, gens, gien, gies, gigs, gins, inns, nine, sign, sine, sing.
	-4 letters: egg, eng, ens, gen, gie, gig, gin, inn, ins, seg, sei, sen, sin.
	-5 letters: en, es, in, is, ne, si.
	Words containing the letters "e-g-g-i-n-n-s"
	+1 letter: ginsengs, singeing.
	+2 letters: agentings, designing, gleanings, greenings, ingesting, resigning, signeting, swingeing.
	+3 letters: beginnings, belongings, congesting, energising, englishing, engravings, engrossing, ensilaging, envisaging, estranging, fingerings, gingersnap, glistening, greenlings, greenwings, gunslinger, scavenging, segmenting, sniggering, springeing.
	+4 letters: changelings, codesigning, congressing, designating, disengaging, fingerlings, gegenschein, gingersnaps, glaringness, gunslingers, gynogenesis, magnetising, negligences, ongoingness, pigeonwings, reassigning, recognising, redesigning, reshingling, respringing, restringing, strangering, swingingest, undesigning.
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