NIN-SIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nin-sin mean? 

• NIN-SIN (noun)
  The noun NIN-SIN has 1 sense:

1. Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have medicinal powers

  Familiarity information: NIN-SIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NIN-SIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have medicinal powers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

ginseng; nin-sin; Panax ginseng; Panax pseudoginseng; Panax schinseng

Hypernyms ("nin-sin" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Meronyms (parts of "nin-sin"):

ginseng (aromatic root of ginseng plants)

Holonyms ("nin-sin" is a member of...):

genus Panax; Panax (perennial herbs of eastern North America and Asia having aromatic tuberous roots: ginseng)