aromatic root of ginseng plants
"The herbalist carefully sliced the fresh, aromatic root of ginseng plants to prepare a traditional tea for her patients."
Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have medicinal powers
"The farmer harvested the ginseng from his forest plot, carefully digging up its forked aromatic roots before selling them to a local herbalist."
Any plant of two species of the genus Panax (Panax ginseng and Panax quinquefolius), having forked roots supposed to have medicinal properties.
"The herbalist carefully inspected the dried ginseng, noting how its distinctive forked root was believed to boost energy for his elderly patients."