安息香 ān xī xiāng Styrax officinalis or Styrax benzoin / benzoin resin (used in TCM) / Benzoinum 苏合香 蘇合香 sū hé xiāng snowdrop bush (Styrax officinalis) / gum storax, used in TCM 紫菜 zǐ cài edible seaweed of genus Porphyra or genus Pyropia, esp. one used to make dried sheets of nori 鳈 鰁 quán fish of genus Sarcocheilichthys (a genus of cyprinid fishes found in eastern Asia) 杨树 楊樹 yáng shù poplar tree / various trees of genus Populus syn 赤杨 赤楊 chì yáng alder tree (genus Alnus) syn 梨属 梨屬 lí shǔ Pyrus, tree genus containing pears 棕榈属 棕櫚屬 zōng lǘ shǔ palm tree genus (Areca spp.) 枣树 棗樹 zǎo shù jujube tree / date tree / Zizyphus vulgaris / CL:棵[ke1] syn 落叶松 落葉松 luò yè sōng larch tree (Pinus larix) / deciduous pine tree syn 指桑骂槐 指桑罵槐 zhǐ sāng mà huái lit. to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree / fig. to scold sb indirectly / to make oblique accusations (idiom) syn 李代桃僵 lǐ dài táo jiāng lit. the plum tree withers in place of the peach tree / to substitute one thing for another / to carry the can for sb syn 月桂树 月桂樹 yuè guì shù laurel tree (Laurus nobilis) / bay tree 株 zhū tree trunk / stump (tree root) / a plant / classifier for trees or plants / strain (biology) / to involve others (in shady business) syn 槐 huái Chinese scholar tree (Sophora japonica) / Japanese pagoda tree syn 杈 chà branches of a tree / fork of a tree syn 猴面包树 猴麵包樹 hóu miàn bāo shù boabab tree / monkey-bread tree / Adansonia digitata (botany) 刺桐 cì tóng Indian coral tree / sunshine tree / tiger's claw / Erythrina variegata (botany) 守株待兔，缘木求鱼 守株待兔，緣木求魚 shǒu zhū dài tù , yuán mù qiú yú to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom) / without any practical course of action 蚂蚁上树 螞蟻上樹 mǎ yǐ shàng shù "ants climbing a tree", a Sichuan dish made with cellophane noodles 粉絲|粉丝[fen3 si1] and ground meat (so called because the particles of meat clinging to the noodles look like ants on the twigs of a tree) / (sex position) man standing, woman clinging to his upper body / (erotic massage) full-body licking 辣木 là mù moringa tree / horseradish-tree 全株收获 quán zhū shōu huò complete-tree harvesting / total tree logging 存留林 residual tree / remaining tree 留母树作业法 留母樹作業法 seed tree cutting / seed tree method 故障树分析 故障樹分析 fault tree analysis / fault tree technique 黄檗 黃檗 huáng bò Amur cork tree (Phellodendron amurense) / cork-tree bark (Chinese medicine) 马缨花 馬纓花 mǎ yīng huā Persian silk tree (Albizia julibrissin) / tree rhododendron (Rhododendron delavayi) syn 行道树 行道樹 xíng dào shù roadside tree / street tree 种类 種類 zhǒng lèi kind / genus / type / category / variety / species / sort / class syn 女贞 女貞 nǚ zhēn privet (genus Ligustrum) 朱雀 zhū què rosefinch (genus Carpodacus) 木瓜 mù guā papaya (Carica papaya) / genus Chaenomeles of shrubs in the family Rosaceae / Chinese flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa) syn 薰衣草 xūn yī cǎo lavender (genus Lavandula) 枸杞 gǒu qǐ wolfberry (Lycium chinense) / genus Lycium syn 衣原体 衣原體 yī yuán tǐ Chlamydia (genus of intracellular parasitic bacteria) 勿忘我 wù wàng wǒ forget-me-not, genus Myosotis (botany) 仙草 xiān cǎo medicinal herb (genus Mesona) / grass jelly 链球菌 鏈球菌 liàn qiú jūn streptococcus (genus of bacteria) 猛犸 猛獁 měng mǎ mammoth (genus Mammuthus) syn 菱角 líng jiǎo water caltrop or water chestnut (genus Trapa) syn 鱼虫 魚蟲 yú chóng water flea (small crustacean of genus Daphnia) syn 麻黄 麻黃 má huáng ephedra (genus Ephedra) 扇贝 扇貝 shàn bèi scallop (genus Pecten) 黄精 黃精 huáng jīng King Solomon's seal (plant of genus Polygonatum) 苋菜 莧菜 xiàn cài amaranth greens (genus Amaranthus) / Chinese spinach (Amaranth mangostanus) 美人蕉 měi rén jiāo canna or Indian shot (genus Canna) 火龙果 火龍果 huǒ lóng guǒ red pitaya / dragon fruit / dragon pearl fruit (genus Hylocereus) 艾草 ài cǎo Asian mugwort or wormwood (genus Artemesia) 紫草 zǐ cǎo red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon) / flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye / arnebia (plant genus in family Boraginaceae) 泡桐 pāo tóng Paulownia (genus) syn 淫羊藿 yín yáng huò Epimedium, genus of herbaceous flowering plant, cultivated in the Far East as aphrodisiac / also called barrenwort or horny goatweed (said to resemble crushed goat's testicles) 属 屬 shǔ category / genus (taxonomy) / family members / dependents / to belong to / subordinate to / affiliated with / be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals) / to be / to prove to be / to constitute syn 猪笼草 豬籠草 zhū lóng cǎo tropical pitcher plant (i.e. genus Nepenthes) 楚 chǔ distinct / clear / orderly / pain / suffering / deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex) / punishment cane (old) 枫 楓 fēng maple (genus Acer) syn 桢 楨 zhēn (old) privet (genus Ligustrum) / (bound form) (old) wooden support placed at the ends of a wall during construction / (fig.) mainstay / pillar / backbone 桦 樺 huà (botany) birch (genus Betula) syn 貂 diāo sable or marten (genus Martes) 苋 莧 xiàn amaranth (genus Amaranthus) / Joseph's coat (Amaranthus tricolor) / Chinese spinach (Amaranth mangostanus) 鹨 鷚 liù pipit (genus Anthus) 鸫 鶇 dōng thrush (bird of genus Turdus) 栲 kǎo chinquapin (Castanopsis fargesii and other spp.), genus of evergreen trees 鹀 鵐 wú (bound form) bunting (bird of genus Emberiza) / also pr. [wu1] 鵟 kuáng buzzard (genus Buteo) 䴓 鳾 shī nuthatch (bird of genus Sitta) 僧帽猴 sēng mào hóu capuchin monkey / genus Cebidae 食火鸡 食火雞 shí huǒ jī cassowary (genus Casuarius), large flightless bird native to northeastern Australia and New Guinea / CL:隻|只[zhi1] 苔草属 薹草屬 tái cǎo shǔ Carex genus 鼬属 鼬屬 yòu shǔ Mustela (genus of weasels etc) 伊科病毒 yī kē bìng dú echovirus (RNA virus in genus Enterovirus) 包柔氏螺旋体 包柔氏螺旋體 bāo róu shì luó xuán tǐ Borrelia, genus of Spirochaete bacteria 包氏螺旋体 包氏螺旋體 bāo shì luó xuán tǐ Borrelia, genus of Spirochaete bacteria 唐棣 táng dì shadbush or shadberry (genus Amelanchier) / painter and poet of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) 客蚤属 客蚤屬 kè zǎo shǔ Xenopsylla (the flea genus) 寐龙 寐龍 mèi lóng Mei, dinosaur genus / Mei long, dinosaur species 山梨 shān lí rowan or mountain-ash (genus Sorbus) 山靛 shān diàn (botany) the spurges, the mercuries (plants of genus Mercurialis) 巴豆属 巴豆屬 bā dòu shǔ Croton, genus of evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科[da4 ji3 ke1] 恐鸟 恐鳥 kǒng niǎo monstrous bird / moa (genus Dinornithidae, extinct bird of New Zealand) 戴菊鸟 戴菊鳥 dài jú niǎo kinglet / bird of Regulus genus 接骨木 jiē gǔ mù elder or elderberry (genus Sambucus) 春黄菊属 春黃菊屬 chūn huáng jú shǔ Anthemis, genus of flowers in Compositae including chamomile 暴龙属 暴龍屬 bào lóng shǔ genus Tyrannosaurus 木兰属 木蘭屬 mù lán shǔ Magnolia, genus of trees and shrubs 杜鹃花科 杜鵑花科 dù juān huā kē Ericaceae (botany), genus containing rhododendron and azalea 栘 yí shadbush or shadberry (genus Amelanchier) / name for a stable during the Han Dynasty 栲属 栲屬 kǎo shǔ Castanopsis, genus of evergreen trees 樆 lí rowan or mountain ash (genus Sorbus) 模式种 模式種 mó shì zhǒng type species (used to define a genus in taxonomy) 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) 欧车前 歐車前 ōu chē qián psyllium (genus Plantago) 水鸡 水雞 shuǐ jī moorhen (genus Gallinula) / gallinule / frog 沙棘属 沙棘屬 shā jí shǔ genus Hippophae / sea-buckthorns 沙蚕 沙蠶 shā cán genus Nereis, with species including the sandworm and the clam worm 准噶尔翼龙 準噶爾翼龍 zhǔn gá ěr yì lóng Dsungaripterus (genus of pterosaur) 潜鸟 潛鳥 qián niǎo loon (bird of genus Gavia) 无齿翼龙 無齒翼龍 wú chǐ yì lóng Pteranodon (genus of pterosaur) 牵牛属 牽牛屬 qiān niú shǔ Pharbitis, genus of herbaceous plants including Morning glory 牽牛|牵牛 (Pharbitis nil) 狐蝠 hú fú flying fox / fruit bat (genus Pteropus) 