nin-sin

Questions about nin-sin

What does nin-sin mean?

nin-sin means "Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have medicinal powers".

How many syllables are in nin-sin?

nin-sin has 2 syllables: nin--sin. The stress falls on "nin-".

What is another word for nin-sin?

Close synonyms include ginseng, Panax ginseng, Panax schinseng, Panax pseudoginseng. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nin-sin a common word?

nin-sin is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.