- Panax, genus Panax - perennial herbs of eastern North America and Asia having aromatic tuberous roots: ginseng
--1 is a kind of rosid dicot genus
--1 is a member of Araliaceae, family Araliaceae, ivy family
--1 has members:ginseng, nin-sin, Panax ginseng, Panax schinseng, Panax pseudoginseng; American ginseng, sang, Panax quinquefolius