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Chinese
Etymology
Cited in the 1958 Dictionary of Chinese Seed Plant Families and Genera (中国种子植物科属辞典). Likely of Dai or Hani origin, preserved in local Yunnan toponyms such as 多依寨 (Duōyī-zhài). The shift from 多 (duō) to 栘 (yí) appears to be have been motivated by a desire for better semantic matching in the written character.
Pronunciation
Noun
栘𣐿
- Docynia, a quince-like fruit tree of the family Rosaceae
References
- ^ Liu, Huajie, Ma, Jinshuang, Liu, Su, Liu, Bing (2018) “蔷薇科Docynia之中文名宜为“多依属” On the Chinese name for genus Docynia (Rosaceae)”, in Biodiversity Science (in Chinese), volume 26, number 12, →DOI, pages 1348–1349