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

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