蓼花
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Chinese[edit]
luxuriant growth; polygonum; smartweed | flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern | ||
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trad. (蓼花) | 蓼 | 花 | |
simp. #(蓼花) | 蓼 | 花 | |
anagram | 花蓼 |
Pronunciation 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
蓼花
- (botany) knotweed flower; smartweed flower (the (usually pink) flower of various plants in the family Polygonaceae, especially in the genera Polygonum and Persicaria)
Pronunciation 2[edit]
luxuriant growth; polygonum; smartweed | flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern | ||
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trad. (蓼花) | 蓼 | 花 | |
simp. #(蓼花) | 蓼 | 花 | |
alternative forms | 荖花 Hokkien | ||
anagram | 花蓼 |
Noun[edit]
蓼花
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “láu-hoe”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 296; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 296
- 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “蓼花”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary][1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC