蕹 wèng water spinach or ong choy (Ipomoea aquatica), used as a vegetable in south China and southeast Asia / Taiwan pr. [yong1] 水蕹菜 shuǐ wèng cài water spinach or ong choy (Ipomoea aquatica), used as a vegetable in south China and southeast Asia 地瓜 dì guā sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) / yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus) / (TCM) digua fig (Ficus tikoua Bur.) syn 甘薯 gān shǔ sweet potato / Ipomoea batatas syn 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 泽泻 澤瀉 zé xiè common water plantain (Alisma plantago-aquatica) / water plantain rhizome (used in TCM) syn 茭 jiāo Zizania aquatica 蕍 yú common water-plantain (Alisma plantago-aquatica) 蕮 xì plantain (Plantago asiatica) / common water-plantain (Alisma plantago-aquatica) 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) 内稃 內稃 nèi fū (botany) palea 分裂组织 分裂組織 fēn liè zǔ zhī separatist group / (botany) meristem 刺桐 cì tóng Indian coral tree / sunshine tree / tiger's claw / Erythrina variegata (botany) 坡垒 坡壘 pō lěi Hainan hopea (Hopea hainanensis) (botany) 外稃 wài fū (botany) lemma 宿根 sù gēn perennial root (botany) 对生 對生 duì shēng (botany) opposite leaf arrangement / paired leaf arrangement 山榄科 山欖科 shān lǎn kē Sapotaceae (botany) 山靛 shān diàn (botany) the spurges, the mercuries (plants of genus Mercurialis) 旋覆花 xuán fù huā (botany) convolvulvus / Flos Inulae (Chinese herb) 木棉科 mù mián kē Bombacaceae (botany) 杜鹃花科 杜鵑花科 dù juān huā kē Ericaceae (botany), genus containing rhododendron and azalea 洋蒲桃 yáng pú táo love apple / wax apple / Syzygium samarangense (botany) 狮头石竹 獅頭石竹 shī tóu shí zhú grenadine / carnation / clove pink / Dianthus caryophyllus (botany) 种脐 種臍 zhǒng qí (botany) hilum / omphalodium 颖果 穎果 yǐng guǒ (botany) caryopsis 簇茎石竹 簇莖石竹 cù jīng shí zhú boreal carnation or northern pink / Dianthus repens (botany) 粗榧 cū fěi Chinese plum-yew / Cephalotaxus sinensis (botany) 维管束植物 維管束植物 wéi guǎn shù zhí wù vascular plants / tracheophytes (botany) 肉质根 肉質根 ròu zhì gēn succulent root (botany) 胚芽鞘 pēi yá qiào coleoptile, protective sheath covering an emerging shoot (botany) 腋生 yè shēng axillary (botany) / budding in the angle between branch and stem 腺毛 xiàn máo (botany) glandular hair 自然史 zì rán shǐ natural history (i.e. botany and zoology) 荷兰石竹 荷蘭石竹 hé lán shí zhú grenadine / carnation / clove pink / Dianthus caryophyllus (botany) 叶子列 葉子列 yè zi liè leaf arrangement / phyllotaxy (botany) 叶序 葉序 yè xù leaf arrangement / phyllotaxy (botany) 叶脉序 葉脈序 yè mài xù leaf venation (botany) / the pattern of veins on a leaf, characteristic of each species 盖度 蓋度 gài dù coverage (in botany) 西双版纳粗榧 西雙版納粗榧 xī shuāng bǎn nà cū fěi Cephalotaxus mannii (botany) 见血封喉树 見血封喉樹 jiàn xuè fēng hóu shù Antiaris toxicaria (botany) 