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Chinese
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purple; violet; imperial purple; violet; imperial; palace
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luxuriance of growth
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trad. (紫菀)
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紫
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菀
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simp. #(紫菀)
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紫
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菀
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alternative forms
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茈菀
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Pronunciation
Noun
紫菀
- Tartarian aster (Aster tataricus), one of the 50 fundamental herbs of Traditional Chinese medicine
References
- 紫菀 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia zh
- Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. →ISBN.
Japanese
Noun
紫菀 • (shion) ←しをん (siwon)? (alternative reading hiragana しおに, rōmaji shioni, historical hiragana しをに)
- Alternative spelling of 紫苑: a Tartarian aster (Aster tataricus)
Proper noun
紫菀 • (Shion) (alternative reading hiragana しおに, rōmaji Shioni, historical hiragana しをに) (alternative reading hiragana しえん, rōmaji Shien, historical hiragana しゑん)
- Alternative spelling of 紫苑: a female given name