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a root shaped like a tiny human that humans have hunted for centuries to feel godlike
forking shapenamed from a word meaning man-root for its limbs
slow growerprized roots take six years to mature
price spikewild Appalachian roots fetch hundreds per pound
poacher problemnational parks fight ginseng thieves with dyed roots
ancient demandtraded along Asian routes for over two millennia