Associations to the word «Panax»

Wiktionary

PANAX, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Araliaceae   — ginseng.
PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Araliaceae   — American ginseng, used in Chinese medicine as a tonic.

Dictionary definition

PANAX, noun. Perennial herbs of eastern North America and Asia having aromatic tuberous roots: ginseng.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats