Plant
panax
Definitions related to genus panax:
  • (panax) An araliaceous genus of plants that contains a number of pharmacologically active agents used as stimulants, sedatives, and tonics, especially in traditional medicine. Sometimes confused with Siberian ginseng (ELEUTHEROCOCCUS).
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • (ginseng) A genus of slow-growing perennial plants with fleshy roots of the family Araliaceae native to the Northern Hemisphere.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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