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Meaning of 藻

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Pinyin: zǎo
English Definition: aquatic grasses; elegant
Chinese Definition:
①古代刻在玉上或画在衣裳上的水藻花纹。
②古代垂在冕上用以穿玉的五彩丝绦。
Total strokes: 19; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (grass) conveys the meaning.
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Example Words
藻类 zǎo lèi algae
海藻 hǎi zǎo seaweed; marine alga; kelp
螺旋藻 luó xuán zǎo spiral algae; spirulina (dietary supplement)
词藻 zǎo rhetoric; flowery language
辞藻 zǎo rhetoric
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Example Sentences
1
China is notorious for its algae blooms.
2
广
Like the widely grown Roundup Ready soybeans, these algae are resistant to the herbicide Roundup.
3
They found that something released by algae, other than microcystins, had an endocrine disrupting effect on the fish.
4
Residents say algae-eating silver carp introduced with great fanfare this year have died.
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Heroic efforts to remove toxic algae blooms from the rowing course do not amount to a new environmentalism.