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Chapter 13: Explaining Grasses

Han (漢) · anonymous (佚名) · Volume 17 / 28

蒮,山韭。

Huo (蒮) is the mountain leek.

茖,山蔥。

Ge (茖) is the mountain scallion.

葝,山。

Qing (葝) is the mountain (one character missing in the base text).

蒚,山蒜。

Hu (蒚) is the mountain garlic.

薜,山蘄。

Bi (薜) is the mountain celery.

椴,木槿。

Duan (椴) is the rose of Sharon.

櫬,木槿。

Chen (榇) is the rose of Sharon.

朮,山薊。

Zhu (术) is the mountain thistle.

楊,枹薊。

Yang (杨) is the fu thistle (枹蓟).

葥,王蔧。

Jian (葥) is the wang hui (王蔧) grass.

菉,王芻。

Lu (菉) is the wang chu (王刍) grass.

拜,蔏藋。

Bai (拜) is the shang diao (蔏藋) plant.

蘩,皤蒿。

Fan (蘩) is the po hao (皤蒿), white mugwort.

蒿,菣。

Hao (蒿) is the qin (菣) mugwort.

蔚,牡菣。

Wei (蔚) is the mu qin (牡菣), male mugwort.

齧,彫蓬;薦,黍蓬。

Nie (啮) is the diao peng (雕蓬); jian (荐) is the shu peng (黍蓬).

{艹庳},鼠莞。

Bi (萆, written in the base text with the grass radical over "bi") is the shu guan (鼠莞).

葝,鼠尾。

Qing (葝) is the shu wei (鼠尾), mouse-tail grass.

菥蓂,大薺。

Xi ming (菥蓂) is the great shepherd's purse.

蒤,虎杖。

Tu (蒤) is the hu zhang (虎杖), tiger cane.

孟,狼尾。

Meng (孟) is the lang wei (狼尾), wolf-tail grass.

瓠,棲瓣。

Hu (瓠) is the qi ban (栖瓣).

茹藘,茅蒐。

Ru lu (茹藘) is the mao sou (茅搜), madder.

果臝之實,栝樓。

Guo luo (果臝) fruit is the gua lou (栝楼), snake gourd.

荼,苦菜。

Tu (荼) is the bitter herb.

萑,蓷。

Huan (萑) is the tui (蓷), motherwort.

虉,綬。

Zhi (𬟁) is the shou (绶) plant.

粢,稷。

Zi (粢) is millet (ji, 稷).

眾,秫。

Zhong (众) is the glutinous millet (shu, 秫).

戎叔謂之荏菽。

The rong bean (戎菽) is called the ren bean (荏菽).

卉,草。

Hui (卉) means grass.

萒,雀弁。

Zhi (萒) is the que bian (雀弁).

{艹龠},雀麥。

Yue (蘥, written in the base text with the grass radical over "yue") is the que mai (雀麦), wild oat.

蘾,烏蕵。

Wei (蘾) is the wu wei (乌蕵).

萰,菟荄。

Ling (萰) is the tu gai (菟荄).

蘩,菟蒵。

Fan (蘩) is the tu xi (菟蒵).

蔩,菟瓜。

Jing (蔩) is the tu gua (菟瓜).

茢薽,豕首。

Lie xi (茢薽) is the shi shou (豕首), pig's head.

荓,馬帚。

Ping (荓) is the ma zhou (马帚), horse broom.

,懷羊。

(The headword is missing in the base text) is the huai yang (怀羊).

茭,牛蘄。

Jiao (茭) is the niu qi (牛蕲), ox celery.

{艹突},蘆萉。

Tu (葖, written in the base text with the grass radical over "tu") is the lu fei (芦萉).

淔,灌。苬,芝。

Zhi (淔) is the guan (灌). Wu (苬) is the zhi (芝), fungus.

筍,竹萌,{湯},竹。

Sun (笋) is the tender shoot of bamboo; dang (簜, written in the base text with the bamboo radical over "tang") is bamboo.

莪,蘿。

E (莪) is the luo (萝).

苨,菧苨。

Ni (苨) is the di ni (菧苨), ladybell.

絰,履。

Die (绖) is the lü (履).

莕,接。餘其葉,苻。

Xing (莕) is the jie yu (接余, which the base text splits in the middle); its leaf is called fu (苻).

白華,野菅。

Bai hua (白华) is the wild jian (菅) grass.

薜,白蘄。

Bi (薜) is the bai qi (白蕲), white celery.

菲,芴。

Fei (菲) is the wu (芴).

葍,{艹富}。

Fu (葍) is the qiong (䓖, written in the base text with the grass radical over "fu").

熒,委萎。

Ying (荧) is the wei wei (委萎).

葋,艼熒。竹萹蓄。

Ji (葋) is the tian ying (艼荧). Zhu (竹) is the bian xu (萹蓄), knotgrass.

葴,寒漿。

Zhen (葴) is the han jiang (寒浆), winter cherry.

薢茩,芵茪。

Xie gou (薢茩) is the fu mao (芵茪).

莁荑,{艹殺}蘠。

Wu yi (芜荑) is the sha qiang (杀蘠, in the base text "sha" has a grass radical).

瓞瓝。其紹,瓞。

A large one is called bo (瓝). A small melon that grows later is called die (瓞).

芍,鳧茈。

Shao (芍) is the fu zi (凫茈), water chestnut.

蘱,薡蕫。

Ying (蘱) is the ding dong (薡蕫).

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