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Meaning of 蓼

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Polyphone (多音字)
Total strokes: 14; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (grass) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [ cǎo ] grass, weed, plant, herb
    • [ liù ] the sound of the wind; to soar
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Pinyin: liǎo
English Definition:polygonum; smartweed
Chinese Definition:
①蓼属植物的泛称。一年生或多年生草本植物,花小,白色或浅红色,生长在水边或水中。叶味辛,可用以调味。
②春秋古国名。
③在今河南省唐河县西南。
④今河南省固始县东北有蓼城冈,即古蓼国之地。
⑤古县名。南朝梁置。在今河南省固始县。
⑥姓氏。

Example Words:
蓼蓝 liǎo lán indigo dye; Polygonum tinctorium
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Pinyin:
English Definition:luxuriant growth
Chinese Definition:
①形容植物高大。[例]蓼蓼者莪。——《诗·小雅·蓼萧》。[合]蓼蓼(长大的样子);蓼萧(指君王恩泽及于四海)。
②另见liǎo。

Example Sentences
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A new species of Polygonum from Yunnan.
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A new species of Polygonum from Yunnan.
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Larvae host plants Polygonum viviparum underground stem.
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The development of the embryo sac is Polygonum type with numberous antipodal cells.
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Function megaspore is in the chalaza and the monosporic embryo sac is chenopodiad type.