茭白筍

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Chinese

wild rice (Zizania aquatica; Oenanthe javanica
white; empty; blank
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
 
bamboo shoot
trad. (茭白筍)
simp. (茭白笋)

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Noun

茭白筍

  1. (Hokkien, Huizhou) edible wild rice stem (galls formed on young stems of Zizania latifolia after parasitism by the fungus Ustilago esculenta as a kind of vegetable)

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