Chinese Word: 菟 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

菟

Pinyin: tù

English Definition: dodder (Cuscuta sinensis, a parasitic vine with seeds having medicinal uses); also called 菟丝子

Chinese Definition:
①(菟丝子)一年生草本植物，茎细长，常缠绕在豆科植物上，对农作物有害。秋初开小花，子实入药。

Total strokes: 11; Radical: 艸

Pictophonetic:兔 indicates the sound; 艹 (plant) conveys the meaning.

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	菟丝子	tù sī zǐ	dodder (Cuscuta sinensis, a parasitic vine with seeds used in medicine)
	玄菟郡	xuán tù jùn	Xuantu commandery (108 BC-c. 300 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea

1		zhí wù xué 植物学 shàng 上 tā men 它们 shǔ yú 属于 tù 菟 kuí 葵 shǔ 属， xī xī rén 希腊人 chēng zhī wéi 称之为 yíng chūn huā 迎春花。 Botanically, they are members of the genus "Eranthis", Greek for spring flower.
2		yì zhǒng 一种 tù 菟 kuí 葵 shǔ 属 de 的 ōu yà dà lù 欧亚大陆 de 的 cǎo běn zhí wù 草本植物， yóu 尤 zhǐ 指 tù 菟 kuí 葵， jù yǒu 具有 zhǎng 掌 zhuàng 状 duō 多 liè 裂 de 的 yè zi 叶子， jí 及 zài 在 dōng jì 冬季 huò 或 zǎo chūn 早春 kāi fàng 开放 de 的 dān shēng 单生 huáng sè 黄色 huā duǒ 花朵。 Any of various Eurasian herbs of the genus Eranthis, especially E. hyemalis, having palmately dissected leaves and a solitary yellow flower that blooms in winter or early spring.