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荸荠

荸薺

Meanings

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  1. 1.Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis)

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  1. 1.Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis)

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Etymology

From 鳧茈 (MC bju dzje). According to the Compendium of Materia Medica: Alternatively, it may be derived from 脖臍 (MC bwot dzej, “navel”), perhaps because its corm resembles a navel or because its stolon resembles an umbilical cord (Wei, 2004).

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