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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ginseng — [ ʒinsɛŋ ] n. m. • 1663; jin seng 1844; du chin. jên shên « plante homme » ♦ Plante herbacée d Asie non tropicale (araliacées), dont la racine, qui peut atteindre un mètre, contient des stéroïdes. Le ginseng est une panacée millénaire des Chinois … Encyclopédie Universelle
ginseng — GINSÉNG s.m. Plantă din familia araliaceelor originară din China, folosită pentru proprietăţile ei terapeutice deosebite; rădăcina vieţii (Panax). – Din fr., engl. ginseng. Trimis de gall, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98 GINSÉNG s. (bot.; Panax)… … Dicționar Român
ginseng — m. nutric. Tónico estimulante y reconstituyente utilizado desde la antigüedad en la cultura oriental que se extrae de la raíz de la planta homónima. Como estimulante natural aumenta el potencial nervioso, la energía física y la actividad sexual.… … Diccionario médico
Ginseng — (Radix Ginseng, spr. Schinseng), 1) die Wurzel von der echten Kraftwurz, Panax Pseudoginseng Wallich, Pan. Schin seng E. v. E.), in der Tartarei, in China, Japan u. Nepaul, aus der Familie der Araliaceae. Die Wurzel ist von bitterlich scharfem,… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Ginseng — Ginseng, Schinseng, die Wurzel einer wildwachsenden Doldenpflanze in Hochasien (Panase Ginseng), gilt bei den Chinesen als Universalheilmittel, bei den Europäern sehr wenig. Die Nordamerikaner führen G. nach China aus, von dem Panax Ginguifolius … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
ginseng — (izg. žȅnšēn) m DEFINICIJA bot. 1. korijen istočnoazijske biljke (Panax ginseng); u suvremenoj farmakologiji koristi se za jačanje imuniteta 2. napitak od te biljke koji se prodaje zajedno s korijenom; panaks ETIMOLOGIJA kin. ren shen ← ren:… … Hrvatski jezični portal
ginseng — (del coreano; pronunciamos yinsen ) sustantivo masculino 1. Planta herbácea cuyas raíces tienen propiedades terapéuticas y estimulantes: El té de gingseng es la bebida oficial de los astronautas rusos. 2. (no contable) Sustancia obtenida de la… … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española
ginseng — [jin′seŋ΄] adj. [Chin jēn shēn < jēn, man (from the shape of the root) + shēn, the constellation Orion] designating a family (Araliaceae, order Apiales) of dicotyledonous plants, shrubs, and trees, usually having flat clusters of small, white… … English World dictionary
Ginseng — Gin seng, n. [Chinese.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Aralia}, the root of which is highly valued as a medicine among the Chinese. The Chinese plant ({Aralia Schinseng}) has become so rare that the American ({A. quinquefolia}) has largely taken… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ginseng — (spr. dschin ), Wurzel, s. Panax … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
GINSENG — celebratissima toto Impetio Sinico radix, nomen a figura habet, hominis viz. crura divaricantis, unde mandragoram nostratem credas, nisi quod eâ multo minor sit: Iaponensibus Nisi vocatur. Siccata flaverscit, fibras seu capillos, quibus alimentum … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
