石竹 shí zhú China pink / Dianthus chinensis (botany) 紫罗兰 紫羅蘭 zǐ luó lán (botany) common stock / gillyflower (Matthiola incana) / (botany) violet 白菜 bái cài Chinese cabbage, esp. napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis) / sometimes used to refer to bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis) / CL:棵[ke1],個|个[ge4] syn 荔枝 lì zhī litchi or lychee fruit (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) syn 玉女 yù nǚ beautiful woman / fairy maiden attending the Daoist immortals / (polite) sb else's daughter / Chinese dodder (Cuscuta chinensis), plant whose seeds are used for TCM syn 月季 yuè jì Chinese rose (Rosa chinensis) syn 紫荆 紫荊 zǐ jīng Chinese redbud (Cercis chinensis) 黄莺 黃鶯 huáng yīng black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis) syn 黄连 黃連 huáng lián Chinese goldthread (Coptis chinensis), rhizome used in medicine 小白菜 xiǎo bái cài bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis) / CL:棵[ke1] syn 五味子 wǔ wèi zǐ schizandra (Schisandra chinensis) / Magnolia vine 黄鹂 黃鸝 huáng lí yellow oriole (Oriolus chinensis) syn 铁杉 鐵杉 tiě shān Tsuga chinensis syn 射干 shè gān blackberry lily (Belamcanda chinensis) / leopard lily 白蜡树 白蠟樹 bái là shù Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis), whose bark, flowers and leaves are used in TCM 楷 jiē Chinese pistachio tree (Pistacia chinensis) syn 桧 檜 guì Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis) / (old) coffin lid decoration / Taiwan pr. [kuai4] syn 鸪 鴣 gū partridge / Francolinus chinensis 鹧 鷓 zhè partridge / Francolinus chinensis 椴 duàn Chinese linden (Tilia chinensis) syn 菘 sōng (cabbage) / Brassica chinensis syn 栝 guā Juniperus chinensis / measuring-frame syn 蕑 jiān Eupatorium chinensis 五倍子树 五倍子樹 wǔ bèi zi shù Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis) 粘木 zhān mù amonang tree (Ixonanthes chinensis) 蒲葵 pú kuí Chinese fan palm (Livistona chinensis) 青江菜 qīng jiāng cài bok choy / Shanghai pak choy / Chinese mustard (Brassica rapa Chinensis) 盐肤木 鹽膚木 yán fū mù Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis) 黄鹏 黃鵬 huáng péng oriole / black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis) 黑枕黄鹂 黑枕黃鸝 hēi zhěn huáng lí (bird species of China) black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis) 蓝胸鹑 藍胸鶉 lán xiōng chún (bird species of China) king quail / blue-breasted quail (Synoicus chinensis) 珠颈斑鸠 珠頸斑鳩 zhū jǐng bān jiū (bird species of China) spotted dove (Spilopelia chinensis) 梣 chén Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis) 梣树 梣樹 chén shù Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis) 七叶树 七葉樹 qī yè shù Chinese horse chestnut (Aesculus chinensis) 仓庚 倉庚 cāng gēng black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis) 鷬 huáng black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis) 蓝绿鹊 藍綠鵲 lán lǜ què (bird species of China) common green magpie (Cissa chinensis) 褐喉沙燕 hè hóu shā yàn (bird species of China) grey-throated martin (Riparia chinensis) 黑喉噪鹛 黑喉噪鶥 hēi hóu zào méi (bird species of China) black-throated laughingthrush (Pterorhinus chinensis) 黏木 nián mù amonang tree (Ixonanthes chinensis) 圆柏 圓柏 yuán bǎi Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis) 桧柏 檜柏 guì bǎi Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis) syn 脱离 脫離 tuō lí to separate oneself from / to break away from / diastasis (medicine) / abscission / abjunction (botany) syn 不定 bù dìng indefinite / indeterminate / (botany) adventitious syn 肉质 肉質 ròu zhì quality of meat / succulent (botany) 主轴 主軸 zhǔ zhóu axis / principal axis (in mechanics, optics, botany etc) / main axle (of engine) syn 导管 導管 dǎo guǎn duct / pipe / conduit / (botany) vessel / (medicine) catheter 大黄 大黃 dà huáng rhubarb (botany) syn 龙眼 龍眼 lóng yǎn longan fruit / dragon eye fruit / Dimocarpus longan (botany) / CL:粒[li4] syn 水龙 水龍 shuǐ lóng hose / pipe / fire hose / (botany) water primrose (Jussiaea repens) 丹参 丹參 dān shēn (botany) red sage (Salvia miltiorrhiza) syn 天麻 tiān má Gastrodia elata (botany) 勿忘我 wù wàng wǒ forget-me-not, genus Myosotis (botany) 植物学 植物學 zhí wù xué botany 君子兰 君子蘭 jūn zǐ lán scarlet kafir lily / Clivia miniata (botany) 芡实 芡實 qiàn shí Gorgon fruit / Semen euryales (botany) / see also 雞頭米|鸡头米[ji1 tou2 mi3] syn 卵形 luǎn xíng oval / egg-shaped (leaves in botany) 曼陀罗 曼陀羅 màn tuó luó (botany) devil's trumpet (Datura stramonium) (loanword from Sanskrit "māndāra") / mandala (loanword from Sanskrit "maṇḍala") 互生 hù shēng alternate leaf arrangement (botany) 苎麻 苧麻 zhù má (botany) ramie (Boehmeria nivea) / the fiber of this plant 无核 無核 wú hé nonnuclear / seedless (botany) 藿香 huò xiāng wrinkled giant hyssop / Agastache rugosa (botany) 决明子 決明子 jué míng zǐ (botany) cassia seed 柱头 柱頭 zhù tóu (architecture) capital / column head / (botany) stigma syn 子房 zǐ fáng ovary (botany) 蕨类 蕨類 jué lèi (botany) fern / bracken / brake 桫椤 桫欏 suō luó spinulose tree fern / Cyathea spinulosa (botany) 豆科 dòu kē Fabaceae / Leguminosae / legume family (botany) 古柯 gǔ kē (botany) coca (source of cocaine) syn 二年生 èr nián shēng biennial (botany) 胡麻 hú má sesame / (botany) flax / linseed 决明 決明 jué míng (botany) cassia 葡萄藤 pú tao téng grapevine (botany) 芸香 yún xiāng (botany) rue (Ruta graveolens) syn 复叶 複葉 fù yè compound leaf (botany) 苍耳 蒼耳 cāng ěr Siberian cocklebur (botany) 蒴果 shuò guǒ (botany) capsule 维管束 維管束 wéi guǎn shù vascular bundle (botany) 草珊瑚 cǎo shān hú Sarcandra glabra (botany) 胚乳 pēi rǔ (botany) endosperm 广藿香 廣藿香 guǎng huò xiāng (botany) patchouli (Pogostemon cablin) 气根 氣根 qì gēn aerial root (botany) 侧根 側根 cè gēn lateral root (botany) 灯心草 燈心草 dēng xīn cǎo rush (botany) / Juncaceae 龙血树 龍血樹 lóng xuè shù dragon tree / Dracaena (botany) 须子 鬚子 xū zi feelers (zoology) / tassel (botany) syn 髓 suǐ (bound form) bone marrow / (fig.) innermost part / (botany) pith syn 腋 yè armpit / (biology) axilla / (botany) axil / Taiwan pr. [yi4] syn 桦 樺 huà (botany) birch (genus Betula) syn 荚 莢 jiá pod (botany) 桫 suō horse chestnut / Stewartia pseudocamellia (botany) 不完全叶 不完全葉 bù wán quán yè (botany) an incomplete leaf – one that lacks a lamina, petiole, or stipule 叶枕 葉枕 yè zhěn (botany) pulvinus 柂 yí (literary) (botany) (a species of linden whose timber was used to make coffins in ancient times) 猴面包树 猴麵包樹 hóu miàn bāo shù boabab tree / monkey-bread tree / Adansonia digitata (botany) 葎草 lǜ cǎo (botany) Japanese hop (Humulus japonicus) 一年生 yī nián shēng annual (botany) 