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(Trad.: 莧)
Pinyin: xiàn
English Definition: amaranth (genus Amaranthus); Joseph's coat (Amaranthus tricolor); Chinese spinach (Amaranth mangostanus)
Chinese Definition:
①(苋菜)一年生草本植物,茎细长,叶椭圆形,开绿白色或黄绿色小花,茎和叶可食。
Total strokes: 7; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (plant) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [ cǎo ] grass, weed, plant, herb
    • [ jiàn ] to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
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Example Words
苋菜 xiàn cài amaranth greens (genus Amaranthus); Chinese spinach (Amaranth mangostanus)
马齿苋 chǐ xiàn Portulaca oleracea (common purslane)
白苋 bái xiàn white amaranth (Amaranthus albus); sprouts and tender leaves of Chinese spinach (Amaranthus spp.) used as food
苋科 xiàn Amaranthaceae, family of herbaceous plants containing Chinese spinach (Amaranthus inamoenus) 莧菜
白苋紫茄 bái xiàn qié white amaranth, purple eggplant (idiom); common foodstuff, unpretentious lifestyle
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Example Sentences
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A new species of Amaranthus from Shantung.
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Anomalous thickening is chiefly remarkable anatomical peculiarity in the axis of Amaranthus tricolor.
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使
Product Description: Dry food formula made with Lamb, Millet, Amaranth, Barley and Brown Rice.
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A coarse cosmopolitan weed(Amaranthus retroflexus) having hairy leaves and stout, terminal panicles with dense, lateral spikes of green flowers.
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使
Product Description: Dry food formula made with Lamb, Millet, Amaranth, Barley and Brown Rice. Ideal for growing puppies, to maintain total health.