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Garlic vs Ginseng - What's the difference?

garlic | ginseng |

As nouns the difference between garlic and ginseng

is that garlic is a plant, allium sativum , related to the onion, having a pungent bulb much used in cooking while ginseng is any of several plants, of the genus panax , having forked roots supposed to have medicinal properties.

garlic

English

(Allium sativum)

Alternative forms

* (l) (archaic)

Noun

  • A plant, Allium sativum , related to the onion, having a pungent bulb much used in cooking.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-03
    • , author=David S. Senchina , title=Athletics and Herbal Supplements , volume=101, issue=2, page=134 , magazine= citation , passage=Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic , St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.}}

    Derived terms

    * bear's garlic * black garlic * broadleaf garlic, broad-leaved garlic * Canadian garlic * clove of garlic, garlic clove * crow garlic * daffodil garlic * elephant garlic * false garlic * field garlic * garlic bread * garlic chive * garlicky * garlic crusher * garlic-germander * garlic mustard * garlic-pear, garlic-peartree * garlic press * garlic root * garlic-sage * garlic salt * garlic sausage * garlic toad * garlic treaclewort * garlic-tree * garlic-wort * golden garlic * hedge garlic * hog's garlic * meadow garlic * Naples garlic * Neapolitan garlic * Oriental garlic * peelgarlic, pilgarlick * pilled-garlic * stag's garlic * white garlic * wild garlic * wood garlic

    Related terms

    * leek

    See also

    * alliaceous * ramp, ramson

    External links

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    ginseng

    English

    (wikipedia ginseng) (Panax)

    Alternative forms

    * jinseng, jin-seng (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several plants, of the genus Panax , having forked roots supposed to have medicinal properties.
  • The root of such a plant, or an extract of these roots.
  • * 1855 , Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah , Dover 1964, p. 56-7:
    • When the Afghan princes find it necessary to employ Chob-Chini, (the Jin-seng , or China root so celebrated as a purifier, tonic, and aphrodisiac) they choose the spring season.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-03
    • , author=David S. Senchina , title=Athletics and Herbal Supplements , volume=101, issue=2, page=134 , magazine= citation , passage=Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng , whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.}}