Panax

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Panax \Panax\ n.
     A genus of perennial herbs of eastern North America and Asia
     having aromatic tuberous roots: ginseng.
  
     Syn: genus {Panax}.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Panax
       n : perennial herbs of eastern North America and Asia having
           aromatic tuberous roots: ginseng [syn: {genus Panax}]