西双版纳粗榧 西雙版納粗榧 xī shuāng bǎn nà cū fěi Cephalotaxus mannii (botany) 槚 檟 jiǎ Catalpa, a genus of mostly deciduous trees / old term for Camellia sinensis, the tea plant 茶 / also called Thea sinensis / small evergreen shrub (Mallotus japonicus) 紫罗兰 紫羅蘭 zǐ luó lán (botany) common stock / gillyflower (Matthiola incana) / (botany) violet 荠苧 薺薴 jì níng (botany) Mosla grosseserrata / (botany) Mosla chinensis 荠苎 薺苧 jì zhù (botany) Mosla grosseserrata / (botany) Mosla chinensis 当归 當歸 dāng guī Angelica sinensis syn 茶树 茶樹 chá shù tea tree / Camellia sinensis syn 冬虫夏草 冬蟲夏草 dōng chóng xià cǎo caterpillar fungus (Cordyceps sinensis) 香椿 xiāng chūn Chinese toon (Toona sinensis), deciduous tree whose young leaves are used as a vegetable syn 甜橙 tián chéng sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) 菟丝子 菟絲子 tù sī zǐ dodder (Cuscuta sinensis, a parasitic vine with seeds used in medicine) 皂角 zào jiǎo Chinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis) 扬子鳄 揚子鱷 yáng zǐ è Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis) syn 锦葵 錦葵 jǐn kuí common mallow (Malva sinensis), used in TCM 朴 pò Celtis sinensis var. japonica syn 芒 máng awn (of cereals) / arista (of grain) / tip (of a blade) / Miscanthus sinensis (type of grass) / variant of 邙, Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan 茗 míng Thea sinensis / young leaves of tea syn 椿 chūn Chinese toon (Toona sinensis) / tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima) / (literary metaphor) father syn 菟 tù dodder (Cuscuta sinensis, a parasitic vine with seeds having medicinal uses) / also called 菟絲子|菟丝子 荈 chuǎn Thea sinensis 蔎 shè Thea sinensis 鯙 chún Scomberomorus sinensis 蟅 zhè locust / Chinese ground beetle (Eupolyphaga sinensis) 鰆 chūn Scomberomorus sinensis 榎 jiǎ (evergreen shrub) / Celtis sinensis 檟 jiǎ Thea sinensis 菼 tǎn Miscanthus sacchariflorus (Amur silvergrass) / Miscanthus sinensis (feather grass) 梍 zào Chinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis) / now written zào jiá 皂莢|皂荚 白头鹎 白頭鵯 bái tóu bēi (bird species of China) light-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis) 皂荚 皂莢 zào jiá Chinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis) 皂荚树 皂莢樹 zào jiá shù Chinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis) 绒螯蟹 絨螯蟹 róng áo xiè mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) 蝈螽 蟈螽 guō zhōng insect of the Gampsocleis genus (grasshoppers and crickets) / Gampsocleis sinensis 褐翅鸦鹃 褐翅鴉鵑 hè chì yā juān (bird species of China) greater coucal (Centropus sinensis) 䗪 zhè Chinese ground beetle (Eupolyphaga sinensis) 地鳖 地鱉 dì biē Chinese ground beetle (Eupolyphaga sinensis), used in TCM 猪婆龙 豬婆龍 zhū pó lóng Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis) syn 鼍龙 鼉龍 tuó lóng Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis) 灰背椋鸟 灰背椋鳥 huī bèi liáng niǎo (bird species of China) white-shouldered starling (Sturnia sinensis) 黄苇鳽 黃葦鳽 huáng wěi yán (bird species of China) yellow bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis) 榠楂 míng zhā Chinese quince (Pseudocydonia sinensis) 冬虫夏草 冬蟲夏草 dōng chóng - xià cǎo caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) (The fungus grows within the body of a caterpillar, culminating in the emergence of a stalked fruiting body from the caterpillar's head, and is a much-prized and expensive ingredient used as a tonic in traditional Chinese medicine.) 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") 石竹 shí zhú China pink / Dianthus chinensis (botany) 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) 佩兰 佩蘭 pèi lán orchid / fragrant thoroughwort / (botany) Eupatorium fortunei / Herba Eupatorii (used in Chinese medicine) 