noun
sang
SANG
noun
1
Ginseng, especially as harvested from the wild in the Appalachian region.
"He spent the fall digging sang in the hills behind his house."
verb
1
To search for and dig up wild ginseng.
"They went sanging every autumn when the leaves turned yellow."
How to Use Sang
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA regional, shortened word for wild ginseng, or hunting for it.
When to use it
Chiefly used in Appalachian English; not the past tense of "sing" despite the identical spelling.
Easily confused with
Word Forms
sanged past tense, Sangs plural, sangs singular
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Etymology
A clipped, dialectal form of "ginseng".