(botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground

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

North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng

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

North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng