| 释义 |
Examples:plant mentioned in Book of Songs, uncertainly identified as carambola or star fruit (Averrhoa carambola)—name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc)—lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others—arrowhead (Sagittaria subulata, a water plant)—Lawpita Falls on the Balu Chaung river, location of Myanmar's biggest hydroelectric plant—Rabdosia lophanthoides (no common name), herb plant of Lamiaceae family (together with mint and lavender), used in TCM—Amomom (fructus Amomi), plant used in Chinese medicine—velvetleaf (Abutilon avicennae), plant of the jute family—flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye—veganism, a diet consisting solely of plant products—Euphorbiaceae (plant family including rubber and cassava)—dicotyledon (plant family distinguished by two embryonic leaves, includes daisies, broadleaved trees, herbaceous plants)—Epimedium, genus of herbaceous flowering plant, cultivated in the Far East as aphrodisiac—morinda root (Morinda officinalis), plant used in Chinese medicine—lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows ina tree—Homoptera (insect suborder including cicadas, aphids, plant-hoppers, shield bugs etc)—Lithospermum erythrorhizon (flowering plant whose root provides red purple dye)—hop (Humulus lupulus), climbing plant whose flower cones are used in brewing beer—Agave americana (poisonous desert plant of Mexico)—coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara), plant in sunflower family Asteracae used a cough suppressant— |