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Vietnamese
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Verb
ương • (秧)
- (agriculture) to sow seeds and cultivate them into young plants which may be planted elsewhere, as in a plant nursery
- Synonym: ươm
15th century, Nguyễn Trãi, “述興 Thuật hứng 15”, in Quốc âm thi tập (國音詩集):𦷫菊秧蘭香𣷷襖- Hái cúc ương lan, hương bén áo.
- As I picked chrysanthemums and tended to the orchids, their fragrance clings to my clothes.