ginseng
noun/ˈdʒɪnseŋ/
/ˈdʒɪnseŋ/
[uncountable]- a medicine obtained from a plant root that some people believe helps you stay young and healthyWord Originmid 17th cent.: from Chinese rénshēn, from rén ‘man’ + shēn, ‘a kind of herb’ (because of the supposed resemblance of the forked root to a person).
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